Natural Law on genetic engineering or cloning

Question 1

• Divine Law

Answer 1

• Goes against eternal and divine law
• life is sacred - genesis 1.27,
• Imago Dei - genesis ,
• life begins at contraception Jeremiah 1.5,
• we cannot give/take life Romans 14.8

Question 2

• Apparent goods

Answer 2

• wanting to alter our baby/ alter genes is desire based so follows apparent goods not real goods - so wrong

Question 3

Primary Precepts

* PP - preserve life

Answer 3

preserve life - NO destroy embryo (life?) Even though aim is to help other life

Question 4

Primary Precept

Ordered Society

Answer 4

• PP - Order society - E.g Gattaca; if taken to extreme levels, we could end up with two tiered society therefore less harmonious society

Question 5

Primary Precept

*PP - worship god

Answer 5

worship god - NO- against divine law

Question 6

Primary Precept

PP - reproduce and educate young

Answer 6

PP - reproduce and educate young not relevant

Question 7

Secondary Precepts

Answer 7

SP - as against PP would stop SP - e.g. in order to create a baby to be used in IVF to then be designed - goes against the SP of no masturbation

Question 8

Telos

Answer 8

Telos - it is not natural process therefore goes against the very basis of the theory - so cant achieve telos

Question 9

Doctrine of Double Effect

Answer 9

*DDE : no real relevant cases - Not useful - Goes against SP and PP