In the graphic novel ‘Frankenstein’ as well as articles read, the problems that arise when scientists experiment with the creation of life can be seen by the difficulties Victor Frankenstein’s monster faces throughout the story and the ethical concerns scientists deal with daily, which results in debates on whether or not it is a violation to create artificial life.
The misdeed that is executed by scientifically creating a life is shown in the graphic novel Frankenstein. For example, “...One of the books was Paradise Lost. I read it as a true history. I was like Adam. I was not linked to anybody else, like him; but he was happy, and I was miserable” (Shelley 69). The monster makes a comparison between itself and Adam, sharing his emotions of being the
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For instance, in the Embryoid article Rob Stein quotes scientist Aach, “How much moral concern should we have for these things? If it has a brain that doesn't look like a human brain, but it operates like one, it could still feel pain” (Stein). Scientist Aach reveals his feelings about this topic and how he feels about his work. He details clearly that a brain made in the lab could still in fact feel pain such as that as a human brain and could conflict with morals. Next, Insoo Hyun, a Case Western Reserve University bioethicist states, "There may be some people concerned about scientists taking the research too far, creating entities in the dish that are quasi-human — and [that they] devalue life in the process” (Stein). Hyun specifies that people feel by creating life in a lab, you are depriving the process of natural life. He signals that the action of creating artificial life is unethical referring to human opinions. Now just one question remains, should we push the limits, or drop the research because we are better off safe than