A living half-human/half-chimpanzee is the super creepy goal of some scientists. Biologist & psychologist David Barash calls it a terrific idea. Even knowing that the individual produced by this combination might be "doomed to a living hell," he says it would be worth it.
One justification for similar experiments is that it may be possible to grow human organs, like the liver, inside an animal, like a pig. Then the organ could be transplanted into a human who needs it.
But his hostility to Christianity motivates him even more. He thinks that "such a creation [chimp/human] would . . drive a stake into the heart" of the idea that God created humanity in His image.
Why does he want to do that? He claims that this Christian doctrine makes humans cruel to animals. I claim that this Christian doctrine makes humans morally responsible for kindness to animals.
I also notice that he has no problem with the cruelty of giving this chimera a life of "living hell," or with killing those pigs so humans can have their new liver.
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