Flowers For Algernon Argumentative Essay

Scientists have found a way to design an embryo before it’s born, but is this what we really want? In the science fiction short story, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie wanted to get an operation to be smart. The story goes along with parents wanting to change their child for their own benefit. Designer babies are unborn children who are being genetically modified to the parents ideal child. Humans should not tamper with nature because it is not guaranteed to work, the doctor could accidentally kill the embryo, and would potentially make a world where all the rich would look the same and the people who couldn’t afford it would have diseases or unique features. In the science fiction short story, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie should not have gotten the operation to make him intelligent. Charlie was better off before the operation because it ended up not having a permanent effect. According to the text,” Deterioration progressing. I have become absent …show more content…
Many parents don’t know of this risk. “If the process is not done carefully, the embryo could be accidentally terminated,” said Tia Ghose, the author of “Designer Babies” The Ethics of Children to Order. Therefore, if not done correctly, the operation could kill your unborn child. This is a huge risk that people overlook. Parents may want their soon to be child to live a long, healthy life, but if the doctor makes a mistake, it will be the opposite. Parents take the benefit of the doubt and choose to ignore this risk. Another reason genetic engineering is immoral is that it is unethical. Many people think this is wrong and goes against what some religions believe. Some believe that everyone is born how they look for a reason or purpose, but this goes completely against that thought. In conclusion, the modifications are unethical and could accidentally kill the