Genetically Engineered Offspring
The debate of genetically engineered children is a very complex and versatile argument. There are some who support this because of the medical benefits; the act of weeding out diseases and disabilities of their future offspring is seen as efficient. On the other hand there are those who see it as the demise of reproduction; the ability to create a child with specific traits lessens the need for paternal parents since they don’t carry the traits to the next generation. The moral offenses of designing a child, against God’s will, plays a role in some more religious communities; it is seen as an act against God and his plan for us. Also some see genetically engineering children and note its ability to wedge a larger …show more content…
(Designer Babies) He offers an example such as being able to choose the height and intelligence of a child, which is not possible as of now. There is also the degree of “designing a child where parents test to see if their child will inherit genes that are medically hindering, like Down syndrome and sickle cell anemia. Screenings like these are used today and are helpful to parents worried about such diseases, also these tests are used with in vitro fertilization, to ensure only viable embryos are implanted in a woman. Since most couples who undergo this process already have a hard time conceiving or have life threatening diseases in their blood line this lessens the emotional toll on the parents. These tests are called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, also called PGD. (Designer …show more content…
This is when parents have their embryos tested to see if the tissue matches those of their siblings who are sick, also referred to as a donor baby in some cases. The child is brought into the world to serve a purpose, to donate organs, blood, and anything else its ill sibling needs to survive. You can see where there is a thin line in morality in this situation. Some, as described in Martin Johnston’s “A moral case study for discussion: designer babies and tissue typing ”, see this as preventative strategy to enhance all their children lives. He gives an example of a Mrs. Smith who reads the article about tissue typing and thinks it would be a good idea to match her future offspring’s tissue with her current child’s, just to make sure they would be able to help each other if ever needed. This woman sees it as “morally sounder” because there isn’t a sick child already, making it less like a donor child and just a smart preventative measure. (Johnston,
The debate of genetically engineered children is a very complex and versatile argument. There are some who support this because of the medical benefits; the act of weeding out diseases and disabilities of their future offspring is seen as efficient. On the other hand there are those who see it as the demise of reproduction; the ability to create a child with specific traits lessens the need for paternal parents since they don’t carry the traits to the next generation. The moral offenses of designing a child, against God’s will, plays a role in some more religious communities; it is seen as an act against God and his plan for us. Also some see genetically engineering children and note its ability to wedge a larger …show more content…
(Designer Babies) He offers an example such as being able to choose the height and intelligence of a child, which is not possible as of now. There is also the degree of “designing a child where parents test to see if their child will inherit genes that are medically hindering, like Down syndrome and sickle cell anemia. Screenings like these are used today and are helpful to parents worried about such diseases, also these tests are used with in vitro fertilization, to ensure only viable embryos are implanted in a woman. Since most couples who undergo this process already have a hard time conceiving or have life threatening diseases in their blood line this lessens the emotional toll on the parents. These tests are called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, also called PGD. (Designer …show more content…
This is when parents have their embryos tested to see if the tissue matches those of their siblings who are sick, also referred to as a donor baby in some cases. The child is brought into the world to serve a purpose, to donate organs, blood, and anything else its ill sibling needs to survive. You can see where there is a thin line in morality in this situation. Some, as described in Martin Johnston’s “A moral case study for discussion: designer babies and tissue typing ”, see this as preventative strategy to enhance all their children lives. He gives an example of a Mrs. Smith who reads the article about tissue typing and thinks it would be a good idea to match her future offspring’s tissue with her current child’s, just to make sure they would be able to help each other if ever needed. This woman sees it as “morally sounder” because there isn’t a sick child already, making it less like a donor child and just a smart preventative measure. (Johnston,