human cloning

The contemporary issue of human cloning unleashed a whole slew of principles I didn’t even know I had. The issue definitely challenged my new found moral principles on human cloning for the reason that some people support it. I feel like growing extra body parts and organs is one thing. But, growing an entire person is a gigantic can of worms we don’t really need to open.

 It gives me anxiety just thinking about it. Being able to select genes would create a whole new kind of responsibility. I also feel like it takes all the fun out of having a baby. Well I’m not saying its all fun but you know what I mean. Anyway I feel like it’s a special thing to see “whose eyes” and “whose nose” the baby has. To me selecting jeans makes it feel less like a   baby and more like a designable character on a videogame.

Then you get into the whole issue of actually cloning people. Do clones have rights? If so do they have the same rights as everybody else? Do they have the right to their own bodies? Are they even really people?

Although I do support growing new organs and body parts for ALREADY living people, I guess I would say I lean more toward Leon. Not for all the same reasons as him but for the fact that he was against it.

socialism: where everybody wins but nobody wins the lottery

Ok, so this whole life, liberty and property thing. These words of John Locke sound good on paper but lets look at the context. John Locke was a well-to-do-rich-guy in 16^th century England. So of coarse he is going to be a liberal. It’s easy to say “life, liberty and property” and to say that everybody is equal. But who exactly is equal? On the first page of the John Locke packet it says something along the lines of a state also of equality, where all power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, none having more than another only among those of the same species and rank born with the same advantages. When he says “species and rank” does he mean humans? Or just rich white dudes like him? Certainly not women in 16^th century England. “But it’s the general idea” a libertarian would say. Well I think the general idea stinks. Its basically just a rich guy saying “I have money but I want to be allowed to have as much as possible if not all of it” I think life liberty and property are good moral principles but not how a society should be run.

Just like 16^th century England, we have the dirt poor and the Richie Rich. If you gave everyone the ability to collect as much money as they can its already not fair. Its like a man throwing gold coins off a balcony. A hundred people are underneath the balcony two people have one arm and one person has two arms. Everyone else has no arms. The guy with two arms is obviously going to collect the most coins even if the no armed people were there, they still had the “opportunity” to pick up those coins DIDN’T THEY ? I feel like the above scenario is libertarianism in a nutshell.

That’s why I’m all for socialism. It’s a scenario where everybody wins, but nobody wins the lottery. Oh that’s good. That should be the slogan for socialism. That’s why I like Carl Marx because he basically said that with libertarianism people would get to rich and it would be uneven and socialism was the way to go and I totally agree. I think that libertarianism sounds good in theory, but in practice socialism works pretty well. Just ask Sweden.

Although these opinions don’t correlate directly to the principles from my other blog I think I could expand on them. My principles on passion and confidence could go hand in hand with socialism. For example if we had a socialist society everyone could do what he or she were passionate about and they could be confident they were doing a good job because they are fueled by passion rather than MONEY.  Even if they weren’t passionate about their job, they would have the free time to do the things that make them happy. Like rock climbing or knitting or reading or even traveling the world.

I think this would be a wonderful way to live and also solar roadways.

first post. #unedited

Some of my personal principles are ability instead of natural talent and confidence

Nobody is born being good at something. People are good at things because they spend time on them. I don’t believe in talent only ability. Because talent means a person is naturally good at something. There is a saying that goes “it takes 10,000 hours to develop a talent.” I’m an artist and people always say to me “oh no I could never draw like that no matter how hard I tried” I think that’s total crap. I actually learned how to draw the way I do now. Of coarse, creativity helps but what good are my ideas if I don’t know how to put them on paper? This is a personal principle I’ve developed over time and if I believed people were born with artistic talent I would have given up after my first shitty drawing.

I believe confidence is the first step in achieving anything. Being sure of and accepting your self are very important. This is especially true with relationships. You cannot accept another person’s love until you fist love yourself. Because how can you accept someone else’s love if you don’t think you deserve it. It also helps with making decisions. Being sure of yourself can keep you from making bad choices.

I wouldn’t say my personal philosophies were taught to me as much as other people put them into words. For example, people saying things I already agree with. Sort of like putting a name to something I already believed. Or someone says something and I agree. My mind is hardly swayed especially when it comes to personal beliefs. I’m a very practical person so I trust my own judgment to make the right decisions

I wouldn’t say the readings have impacted my principles too much just yet. I tend to argue against Philosophies I don’t agree with rather than muse over them, I’m not so easily swayed.

Out of all the principals so far I really like Taoism. I like the saying about change being the only constant. I also find yin and yang to be really interesting. I agree that one thing cannot be without its opposite. There is no light without dark and no good without bad. A good balance in the world is very important. I like the idea of being like water. Spontaneous, natural, forceful and free of poison. I enjoyed learning about Taoism.

introduction

My name is Amanda. I'm twenty and I'm from wayne. Im transferring to SVA(school of visual arts) this fall as an animation major. this is going to be my last class as WillyP. Lets all get A's. Ill see everyone tomorrow.