Sowing the Seeds Commissioned work by Carol Harkness for The Tennessee Center for Bioethics & Culture

“Sowing the Seeds, Reaping the Whirlwind” is a metaphoric illustration depicting the consequences of human commodification. Commodification of humans means treating human bodies or body parts as something to be bought, sold, or in some way exchanged in a kind of market. This can occur in a variety of ways, as pictured from left to right:

unFAIR TRADE: obvious evils in abuse of humans

ONE WORLD: “socially acceptable,” potentially attainable human goods seen as “compassionate” in their use

C’est moi Boutique: ...read more