Moral Dilemma Questions

John_Geeshu said:
I don't recall stating my position, I'm merely probing your standpoint as I find I am curious about it.
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I didn't suggest that it was your position. I said it may be.

Indeed his DNA sequence is unique in the sense that (assuming he is not an identical twin) it is not replicated anywhere on earth. I'm not sure how you can justify the claim that its duplicate does not exist anywhere in the universe. That would seem to me an unknown.
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3 billion base pairs in a row, four possibilities for each. Total combinations is 4^3,000,000,000. The odds of any individual DNA pattern being repeated by pure chance are astronomical. Certainly high enough that it couldn't reasonably be expected to happen ever again.

And then you need to factor in that a person is far more than their DNA. Even if by some miracle fluke another person was born somewhere with identical DNA, he'd have to grow up in an identical setting, having identical experiences... everything right down to the weather and the patterns of stars in the sky.

And even then, it wouldn't be the same person.

If we remove the bum from society what has been lost?
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The most valuable thing in existence.
 
Yes COld One, that is closer to what I am seeking to find an answer to. Seis, I actually agree with you in principle, but in practicality I do not. However, I see you giving non sequitur after non sequitur because you are unwilling or unable (I suspect the second) to define what this uniqueness is.
 
If you want a moral option in that life boat, how about you throw YOURSELF overboard? Moral issue solved!
 
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