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    Supports→Successful synthesis of life in a machine or through synthetic biology would have significant moral impact.

    If scientists and technologists were to discover the necessary and sufficient conditions for life and successfully synthesize it, the result would tread on morally significant territory.

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    Morally significant territory(as used in ethics)
    A situation or action that raises important ethical questions about right and wrong, where our moral values and principles really matter and need careful thought.
    Synthesize (in a scientific context)(as used in philosophy of science and ethics)
    To create or construct something artificially in a laboratory, rather than finding it in nature—like how scientists can now synthesize certain medicines instead of extracting them from plants.
    necessary and sufficient conditions(in philosophical analysis)
    A 'necessary' condition is something that must be true for something else to happen; a 'sufficient' condition is something that guarantees it will happen. This phrase describes what must be true (and what's enough) for a definition to apply.

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    Artificial Life (ALife) is an outgrowth of AI and refers to the use of information technology to simulate or synthesize life functions. The problem of defining life has been an interest in philosophy since its founding. See the entry on life for a look at the concept of life and its philosophical ramifications. If scientists and technologists were to succeed in discovering the necessary and sufficient conditions for life and then successfully synthesize it in a machine or through synthetic bio

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