Cultural Analysis of The Ethics of De-Extinction

For this blog post I will analyze the piece of text that I have chosen for my next project and search for cultural messages.  I will read my text and follow a few steps.  They will include: previewing, skimming for cultural references, skimming for cultural values, re-reading and narrowing my focus.  I will also a few questions regarding my text in its entirety.  For my blog post itself, I will answer a question that regards the argument made in my text and how its audience can support it.

Offnfopt. "Trilobite under magnifying glass icon". 7 June 2015 via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

Here is a question proposed from Chapter 4 from Writing Public Lives:

Finally, looking back at these passages, freewrite for a moment about the connection between the cultural keywords, the passages that you have listed, and the thesis.  How do these keyword help support the argument that the author is making?  Why might an audience be more likely to support this argument if its is connected to these values?

As a note I chose source 2 as the paper I will be viewing in a closer meaning for the entirety of this project.  The thesis of this paper is to consider the ethics behind the de-extinction of species while following the dimensions.  Due to de-extinction being a controversial issue, it often times tests the the limits of the ethical beliefs.  The keywords found in this article include: de-extinction, environmental ethics, bioconservation, biodiversity, species rights, respect for life, genetic engineering, and cloning.  The argument the author makes is not to favor one side over another (supporters of de-extinction of species vs. non-supporters), but to inform readers the ethics of the idea of de-extinction itself.  These keywords go into deeper meaning in the paper itself showing the effects of what de-extinction would do to either for human advancement in technology or the harm it would do the environment and species that already exist.

Though not active controversy, the audience that has heard of the idea of de-extinction will vary.  Some will support the idea and others will not.  The extended information found in the paper will give readers the ability to view this idea in a different perspective.  Since this idea brings many issues with and many people finding that it would unethical, there would be more disfavor of this idea for people that closely pay attention to this issue.  If the idea itself would change in the sense that some its ideas regarding more damage it would bring than the benefits, perhaps more people would support the idea.  In the present day, more people are becoming more aware of taking care of the planet and prolonging life, if the ethical issues were to diminish or be present at a smaller rate, people would look into supporting the process of de-extinction.