Human cloning and Immanuel Kant

Ruben Guizar
Philosophy
Over the last decade, the advent of cloning and
advancements in human genetic research have presented
society with a complicated moral quandary. Debate rages as
to what constitutes legitimate paths of inquiry and where
to draw the line as to research that strikes many people as
morally wrong. The basic question is: "how does society
determine what's right?" While, of course, questions
regarding human genetic research are new, this basic
question is as hold as civilization and has been addressed
over and over again by history's great philosophers. One of…