Argument Analysis 10 "Of Headless Mice...and Men"

I found this article to be disturbing on so many levels. Where do humans get the idea that they can "play God" and replicate feelings, personality, or a body without natural conception? We have gone to the extent of creating beings that have no forebrain therefore they are not considered cognitive humans but rather organ farms. I completely agree with the author Charles Krauthammer when he says that producing headless humans is "personally distasteful" (Krauthammer).

Although Krauthammer does not have a specifically outlined thesis, he poses two contrasting rhetorical questions that pose the argument. At the beginning of the third paragraph he asks "why then create them?" to give an adverse thought to the creation of these organ farms. He seemingly justifies it by playing it off as something that has no consciousness and therefore won't be bothered by the fact they are born just for their pieces. So again he asks the audience, "why should you be panicked?" He allows the reader to formulate an opinion before giving supporting evidence about why this research is morally wrong.

Krauthammer brings a lot of emotion and passion to the argument, its obvious that he feels very strongly against the manufacturing of humans as a source for organs. His finally sentence sums up everything and really drives his feelings on the whole essay- "There is no grosser corruption of biotechnology than creating a human mutant and disemboweling it at our pleasure for spare parts" (Krauthammer). We as humans do not have the right to reproduce such a precious thing as a human life only to throw it away after it has been taken apart.