Genetic Modification: Scientists Against Ethics
I. INTRODUCTION Imagine living in a world where some people were just born perfect. They consist of perfect looks, perfect personalities, perfect athleticism, perfect minds, and perfect everything. But you, on the other hand, just got the luck of the draw. From two parents, very average in terms of the word today, you were born, normal. Unfortunately, normal is not good enough. There are two types of people now: the normal ones and the flawed ones. You now fall into the flawed category, although you never would have seen your small flaws as real issues before. However, the people around you are invincible. After wondering why they got so lucky and you did not, you finally learn the root cause of this mysterious, unbalanced life: genetic engineering. “Genetic engineering (GE) is the modification of an organism’s genetic composition by artificial …show more content…
REASONS THAT GO AGAINST MY POSITION There could be some obvious arguments against my position when it comes to genetically modified humans. The first and most obvious argument is that by genetically modifying people, we could eliminate many of the diseases and handicaps that the world experiences today (“Human”). People with slight genetic defects could be genetically altered before birth and be able to live a normal, happy life – disease-free. Genetic modification could replace ineffective genes with fully functioning ones to prevent anything from Alzheimer’s to polio before the child is even born. Secondly, these made-to-order children (“World’s”) would have an incredible extension of their life. Longevity on this earth would be prolonged due to an increase of proper pharmaceutical products and an overall increase in health (“Human”). Because by using this form of engineering you can choose to chose the “smarter” genes, knowledge would exponentially increase and the odds of people coming up with solutions to ongoing problems of society is highly
I. INTRODUCTION Imagine living in a world where some people were just born perfect. They consist of perfect looks, perfect personalities, perfect athleticism, perfect minds, and perfect everything. But you, on the other hand, just got the luck of the draw. From two parents, very average in terms of the word today, you were born, normal. Unfortunately, normal is not good enough. There are two types of people now: the normal ones and the flawed ones. You now fall into the flawed category, although you never would have seen your small flaws as real issues before. However, the people around you are invincible. After wondering why they got so lucky and you did not, you finally learn the root cause of this mysterious, unbalanced life: genetic engineering. “Genetic engineering (GE) is the modification of an organism’s genetic composition by artificial …show more content…
REASONS THAT GO AGAINST MY POSITION There could be some obvious arguments against my position when it comes to genetically modified humans. The first and most obvious argument is that by genetically modifying people, we could eliminate many of the diseases and handicaps that the world experiences today (“Human”). People with slight genetic defects could be genetically altered before birth and be able to live a normal, happy life – disease-free. Genetic modification could replace ineffective genes with fully functioning ones to prevent anything from Alzheimer’s to polio before the child is even born. Secondly, these made-to-order children (“World’s”) would have an incredible extension of their life. Longevity on this earth would be prolonged due to an increase of proper pharmaceutical products and an overall increase in health (“Human”). Because by using this form of engineering you can choose to chose the “smarter” genes, knowledge would exponentially increase and the odds of people coming up with solutions to ongoing problems of society is highly