Sir Walter Scott died in 1832. Yet his words concerning
scientific exploration without a moral compass ring true today. Those involved
with the issues of human cloning and embryonic stem cell research should heed his
words:
“I am no great believer in the extreme degree of improvement
to be derived from the advancement of science; for every pursuit of that nature
tends, when pushed to a certain extent, to harden the heart and render the
philosopher reckless of everything save the objects of his own pursuit; all
equilibrium in the character is destroyed, and the visual nerve of the
understanding is perverted by being fixed on one object exclusively.”
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