Crispr Code Of Ethics

For scientists who are waiting for an alternative to existing genome editing tools, Crispr-cas9 is the solution which is comparatively easy and effective in using. Crisper allows the researcher to edit, target, excise and stitch genes of their choice between two end cuts. Crispr has the potential to make such advances which researchers used to dream about. It worked so well, scientists began to issue ethical statements for its use particularly about the power of Crispr to change germline in humans which presents a hotly debatable issue. Genome editing in human germline could have unpredictable effects on future generations. In my view, in the way genome editing can affect future progeny makes editing dangerous and ethically unacceptable. …show more content…
For example, people might want to have higher intelligence levels in their progeny or have desired traits such as eye color, height, skin color and much more. The problem with this is that it would raise many other problematic issues. For instance, "The eugenic movement put an abstraction, the human gene pool, above the fundamental units of society, the family".As a result, the unconditional love and care of parents for their children would become conditional and the sacred relationship between parents and children would be undermined by giving parents complete control of the characteristics to have in their offspring 's. Moreover, we should draw lessons from the history of eugenics to sterilize the unfit population which significantly harmed and oppressed the racial minority and the people with disabilities. Similarly like eugenics crispr use would lead to social inequality and discrimination for people in society who might not be able to afford the use of this