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Human + Chimp = ?

John Wilkins john at publications.ccc.monash.edu.au
Tue Jul 16 21:04:58 EST 1991


In article <9107162137.AA08310 at genbank.bio.net> DANJ at jhuhyg.bitnet (Dan
Jacobson) writes:
>I think Bob's question was as to the ethics, not the science of human/chimp
>hybrids. It would be interesting to hear logical arguments as to what would
>make such research unethical or ethical.
>
>Dan Jacobson
>Johns Hopkins University
>danj at jhuhyg.jhu.edu
>
I strongly suspect the only arguments are along the lines of the purity of the
morphology of a species in God's eyes, which I suspect is question begging from
the evolutionist point of view, or a social engineering question of the
unforeseeable consequences of such a race (a la SF), which is no real argument
at all, since EVERYTHING we do has unforeseaable consequences.

BTW: would it be a Chuman, or a Himp? Homo Pan?



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