Case 1 Hacking Living Cells For A Good Cause

1. After reading Case 1: Hacking Living Cells for a Good Cause, respond to the following question: Assume that this research has taken place. What ethical limitations do you see in these research applications? There are a few ethical and moral problems with the hack living cell research that was proposed. One thing I noticed that will be a limitation is the risks and moral conflict involved in a changing human’s been cell to operate in a way that the researchers have programmed the cell to be. This sounds equivalent to turning a human being into a machine, and whether or not the purpose is to help said human being, that practice is questionable. Second, the proposed research does not address safety concerns alteration of someone's behavior and this study will mostly likely violate bodily integrity since the researchers are concentration on people with anger management issues, something that is viewed in society as negative. One could argue that this study also violates the duty to protect the value of human life because being able to change a person on a cellular levels will alter the being of life as we know it.
2. After reading Case 4: A Personality Profile of the Internet Troll, respond to the following question: Do you think that this type of study with this type of result(s) is likely (or …show more content…
Did you find anything (If so, what did you find -- If not, why has this research not been done yet)? There has been some research on internet trolls geared towards the the motivation behind trolling and the characteristics of trolls. One research was conducted by Stanford and Cornell Universities, and the study found that under the right circumstance anyone can become a troll. Another research has examined the personality traits and emotional intelligence of trolls something this study aim to do. Thus a version of this case study appears to have been done, however, this one is on a larger