Identify a current event or contemporary social issue that involves human freedom. Your issue must be broad enough to sustain deep philosophical analysis and must have relevance to your community. A...

Theory of Human freedom
Some issues in the world inhibit human freedom which questions their thought process
and the implications of those thoughts. The freedom to think, research and act according to one’s
thoughts has been questioned since centuries across the world. Most of the human freedom is
smothered in scientific community that does not confine its thought process according to the held
beliefs, social norms or ethics. According to them the research knows no boundary unless it
directly affects someone’s interests and wellbeing. One such issue if of the issue of stem cell
research that has sparked the debate among religious figures and the scientific community like no
other technology related issues has in the past. The issue involves controversies cropping up due
to the ethical dilemma faced by the scientific communities over the philosophical view point.
The controversy basically emanates from the ethical problem that stem cell research requires
creation, treatment and destruction of the embryos. As far as importance of the issue to mankind
is concerned, there have been several evidences like survey results where more than 60 percent
of respondents reported that the issue was either “very important” or “somewhat important” to
them. As mentioned previously, most part of the opposition is from the religious and orthodox
elites who believe that it involves killing of the human embryo necessarily.
The scientists have been enthusiastic in applying the findings from stem cell research to
solve the problems pertaining chronic diseases and organ failures due to accidents or disorders.
Stem cells are the totipotent cells which mean they have the potential to differentiate into cell of
any kind of tissue or organ and thus provide an enormous amount of opportunities in terms of
regeneration and healing which have not been possible by the advancements of medical science
so far. Various complex conditions like physical trauma, congenital diseases and degenerative
diseases can be treated by regeneration of body parts by stem cells extracted during embryonic
stage. Due to this huge potential of embryonic stem cells the scientific community has...