Argumentative Essay: The Ethics Of Genetic Engineering

From Dolly, the sheep, to Mendel's pea plants, the history of genetic engineering has always been a controversial topic. However, what everyone needs to realize is that it is all around the world. Dolly was the first genetically engineered sheep, and Mendel was the first person to understand the concept of cross breeding to manipulate the genes of organisms. Genetic engineering has always been controversial. The biggest reason that people say that genetic engineering is controversial, is because they think it goes against their religion, are politicians who do not understand it, or are trying to push their ethics upon others. Many religions say that genetic engineering goes against their religious laws and forces them to commit a sin. The one of the biggest players in this is Judaism (Brody 43). Politicians are supposed to be able to come to a decision on informed choices based on their knowledge and what they think is best for their cause. However, many of them tend to do their best to stay ignorant, and to pass laws that only benefit them. Others say that genetic engineering is dangerous and crosses an ethical line that should be left untreated. What they fail to mention is that with work, genetic engineering could be safe and lead the human race to a new …show more content…
In its current state most genetically cloned animals do not live very long due to errors in the methods that the scientist use. The ethical people say that this is one of the reasons that scientists should not pursue the path of genetic engineering. Another reason that they say this is because the process that would be used to create the “perfect human being” would be quite expensive. So much so that the average citizen would not be able to afford it. This would cause the rich to have better genes, thus giving them a comparative advantage compared to the poorer