Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 do you approve of such a human-machine hybrid. If so, why is it ethical to use technology to restore normal capacities in gross disability like blindness, but not in the subtler disability that is the process of aging and dying from so-called " natural causes " ? http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67429,00.html?tw=rss.TEK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 I, for one don't 'disapprove' of such a hybrid, cantankerous as it may still be at this point. I just think issues of aging and dying are more complex, and therefore, the moral/ethical issues raised are also more complex. As Bill Joy says, science should not advance blindly without considering the moral and ethical implications of new technologies. On May 6, 2005, at 12:11 PM, wrote: > do you approve of such a human-machine hybrid. If so, why is it > ethical to use technology to restore normal capacities in gross > disability like blindness, but not in the subtler disability that is > the process of aging and dying from so-called " natural causes " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Besides the use of cow insulin and cow virus vacination, there has been pig heart transplants... but since (on another topic) I've seen Jackie Chan's movie " who am I " and a history channel documentary mixing herbal and chemotherapy I was wondering if intaveneous partaking of herbal medicine too scary of a topic for most advanced herbalists? Also is the French method of hand soaking in herbal medicine another neglected aspect of chinese herbalogy? My view is that the heart and brain may contain the Ki essence of humans, however some believers of reincarnation have no qualm of interspecies crossing especially when dogs and cats seem to have human qualities. We are still finding certain areas of the brain contain certain functions but some areas like abstract thinking, generousity, kindness and meaness are unlocateable. I may be biase because my family is prone to diabetes, because of the supposed ability for cell reserch to cure diabetes. At this moment gila monster venom and other herbal extracts are very promising. However I'm in favor of a multitude of approaches for the treatment of diabetes because of the spectrum of problems diabetes consists of. < wrote: do you approve of such a human-machine hybrid. If so, why is it ethical to use technology to restore normal capacities in gross disability like blindness, but not in the subtler disability that is the process of aging and dying from so-called " natural causes " ? http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67429,00.html?tw=rss.TEK Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 I don't understand why CHA continues to be the playing field for ethical questions such as these? If we were stem cell researchers, or political policymakers who opinion, values and/or expertise impacted these questions then I could understand. But this is the Chinese Herb Academy! Get it? Yehuda PS I sent two posts last Wednesday that were not displayed. Any explanation for the non-posting? (They WERE relevant to Chinese herbal therapy). On Fri, 6 May 2005 12:11:27 -0700 < writes: > do you approve of such a human-machine hybrid. If so, why is it > ethical to use technology to restore normal capacities in gross > disability like blindness, but not in the subtler disability that is > > the process of aging and dying from so-called " natural causes " ? > > http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67429,00.html?tw=rss.TEK > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Yehuda >>>Yehuda, why would stem cells not be part of CM of the future? Again i ask, when did CM development stop, can you please provide a date? Oakland, CA 94609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 On May 8, 2005, at 11:24 AM, wrote: > Yehuda > >>>> Yehuda, why would stem cells not be part of CM of the future? Chinese medicine can accommodate any treatment. The question is whether stem cell therapies will ever be part of our own scope of practice. >>>> Again i ask, when did CM development stop, can you please >>>> provide a date? CM development should never stop. . . however, we should debate what should be added, and what should not. Also, I'd like to see more development from within Chinese medicine's own resources, and not always from what biomedicine's developments are. >>>> > > > > > Oakland, CA 94609 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Alon, I don't understand your question. I'm not commenting on the feasibility, morality, applicability, relevance or legality of stem cell research, but rather asked what one's opinion as to: " do you approve of such a human-machine hybrid. " has to do with Chinese medical theory or practice? This is why I responded that the appropriate forums would be with the genetic ethicists and the policymakers, IMHO. all the Best, Yehuda On Sun, 8 May 2005 13:24:38 -0500 " " <alonmarcus writes: > Yehuda > >>>Yehuda, why would stem cells not be part of CM of the future? > Again i ask, when did CM development stop, can you please provide a > date? > > > > > Oakland, CA 94609 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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