GMA’s
I will be discussing the concepts presented in chapter 23 of the Oxford handbook of animal ethics. Titled “Genetically Modified animals: Should there be limits to Engineering the animal kingdom” and written by Julian Savulescu, this chapter deals with the ramifications of GMA’s and how to best regulate them. I specifically will be concentrating on the concepts of GMA’s as a whole and their usefulness as well as the ways Savulescu thinks GMA’s should be regulated. I well summarize his arguments connect them to some of the ideas are society has on GMA’s and then give my take away from the chapter.
Savulescu begins by explaining the general concept of a GMA and the different varieties that scientists can create so far. He brakes these categories down to: transgenic, hybrids, and chimeras. Each being a specific way of making a GMA which i well now …show more content…
As stated earlier chimeras made with part human embryos are already a working thing, but regulations specifically in the UK, for the example Savulescu gives, are for them to be terminated within fourteen days of their creation. Now Savulescu argues that this fails in the long term because it is more desirable and useful to let them develop and mature. The value of these life forms is in their usefulness in research, forms of chimeras called Cybrids ( cytoplasmic hybrids) are very helpful with stem cell research and are far more reliable and attainable than regular human stem cells. There also a helpful loophole for scientists as use of stem cells is an ethical problem in our society can be far more heated. Savulescu points out Pros to the use of this method would mean, no harvesting of human eggs, which comes with a likelihood of hurting your patient, it could lead to the development of drugs for common conditions. with these point it is easy to agree with Savulescu argument that these regulations do not allow for an adequate
I will be discussing the concepts presented in chapter 23 of the Oxford handbook of animal ethics. Titled “Genetically Modified animals: Should there be limits to Engineering the animal kingdom” and written by Julian Savulescu, this chapter deals with the ramifications of GMA’s and how to best regulate them. I specifically will be concentrating on the concepts of GMA’s as a whole and their usefulness as well as the ways Savulescu thinks GMA’s should be regulated. I well summarize his arguments connect them to some of the ideas are society has on GMA’s and then give my take away from the chapter.
Savulescu begins by explaining the general concept of a GMA and the different varieties that scientists can create so far. He brakes these categories down to: transgenic, hybrids, and chimeras. Each being a specific way of making a GMA which i well now …show more content…
As stated earlier chimeras made with part human embryos are already a working thing, but regulations specifically in the UK, for the example Savulescu gives, are for them to be terminated within fourteen days of their creation. Now Savulescu argues that this fails in the long term because it is more desirable and useful to let them develop and mature. The value of these life forms is in their usefulness in research, forms of chimeras called Cybrids ( cytoplasmic hybrids) are very helpful with stem cell research and are far more reliable and attainable than regular human stem cells. There also a helpful loophole for scientists as use of stem cells is an ethical problem in our society can be far more heated. Savulescu points out Pros to the use of this method would mean, no harvesting of human eggs, which comes with a likelihood of hurting your patient, it could lead to the development of drugs for common conditions. with these point it is easy to agree with Savulescu argument that these regulations do not allow for an adequate