Genetic Engineering: Ethical Issues In Genetic Engineering

An ethical implication of the use of CRISPR is that the change made to the gene will be passed on between multiple generations. Therefore, there is lasting consequence in the family. The technology can alter the human genome. However, this alteration is beneficial as DNA mutation diseases can be eliminated which will positively impact society by allowing a higher quality of life to those who would have suffered the disease. (yourgenome, 2017) The other ethical controversy of CRISPR is designer babies.

Scientifics discover or invent things trough technology for beneficial use, but what happen if things that scientists invented aren't beneficial? Most likely they have repercussions that eventually can affect. The technological advances of the last century lead to new projects, through genetic engineering and synthetic biology. Interest in artificial life appears in the classical Greco-Latinos. We can see this idea taking as a basic point of reference in the work of Shelley with Frankenstein, which analyses taking into account the

Supporters of de-extinction reason that by studying resurrected species first hand, scientists can learn the underlying causes of extinction and the role that humans played in the destruction of both the extinct species and their natural habitats. The idea is that researchers will be able to develop countermeasures that will restore the earth’s ecosystem to its original state.This counter argument is not valid, however, for two important reasons. According to Strayer, “First because we’ve been changing our world so rapidly, a de-extinguished species won’t be restored to its former ecosystem, but to a different, sometimes radically different ecosystem” (Strayer). This statement illustrates that the damage caused by humans may very likely have cumulative effects that have occured over many centuries; therefore, it is not reasonable to assume that all of these cumulative effects can be repaired by bringing back one species at a time. It would not be possible to recreate the exact circumstances of the earth’s ecosystems at a specific point in time because of differences in the role of species in the environment, the condition of the environment itself, and the present and future impacts of humans.

If gene manipulation is not intrinsically wrong, should we still do it? Mr. Sandler views gene manipulation, or gene drive, as a new conservation tool that can create additional methods of approaching conservation issues. He argues that the gene drive method often meets key conservation criteria better than traditional methods. Genetic manipulation is already used to influence the longevity of certain species, namely to reduce the impact of invasive organisms. However, the genes of the actual species at risk can also be manipulated.

Is Genetic engineering Safe? Genetic engineering is the modification of an organism’s genetic composition by artificial means, often involving the transfer of specific traits, or genes, from one organism into a plant or animal of an entirely different species. Human beings ought to consider the pros and cons of genetic engineering before using it. It is a contentious topic because people have different views of weather genetic engineering is safe or not. This essay will look more on the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering.

As technology advances, more things become possible. One of these things is genetically modifying a baby, this is very wrong. Genetic modifying or genetic engineering is altering someone or something’s DNA. Scientists hope to cure diseases with this method but doing this can lead to some harmful effects. This process is very unethical.

All in all, there is a strong belief that these operations should in fact happen in terms of medical reasoning, but as for the alteration of appearances, there is more hesitation among society. If this technology progresses faster than society can handle it could potentially be disastrous. Scientists and researchers have a moral duty to keep making advancements, because that is their job but at the same time these life saving and altering techniques may either be saving us a society,

Take this into consideration and acknowledge how it could impact humanity, as well as the cloned human. The advancing technology allows individuals to have the freedom of bringing their prescience about cloning humans into a reality, faster than one could imagine. One mistake could entirely deteriorate humankind more than benefit it. In today’s quickly-advancing technological age, human cloning is possible; however, it is unethical because it diminishes individuality, interferes with nature, and increases the risk of fatal failures. In this world we live for the sake of individuality and what makes a person different from the other seven billion people.

What others think of us is so important that we will change everything to get their respect, even if it means an unethical choice of right and wrong. Inretrospect, we could force people to do what is needed to save the earth but there would be an upheaval of ethics. This is the Mutual Coercion Mutually Agreed Upon. We would have to force people to limit their offspring for the sake of the planet regardless of how we do it. Coercion would be a powerful tool in controlling the population, the world may be saved, but the people would have not natural freedoms.

So, the genetic diversity or the variety of different genotypes will be severely reduced in modified communities. Also, the ability to survive directly depends on genetic diversity because populations without it will not be able to meet the demands of the environment (Wolfe, Christian). A disease that could be survived by a population with the normal human genetic diversity, would wipe out the modified community without the genetic diversity. Changing the genotype of just one can affect the whole diversity of humans and with the many processes, including sterilization and genetic screening, changing the genotype of one comes with ease. The ease of changing one leaves humans at a point where the achieved diversity can be easily destroyed, further placing them at risk through the threat of disease (Wolfe, Christian).

Because, Jerry Coyne, covered this idea of evolutionary change earlier in the book, his focus is on the genetic drift and natural selection being the cause for evolution, during this chapter. Therefore, pileated woodpecker are an example of an animal with adaptations that are beneficial, like the reinforced skull, and a beak that is re-enforced by cartilage. Another, factor at work creating genetic variations are

The topics that he mentions involve things such as genetic manipulation as well as cloning. He begins by mentioning how this has been simply used for the growth of plants and crops, but he questions where this is potentially leading and how the future of the environment could potentially be destroyed in many ways. He makes a strong argument about this by saying, "But by doing these things, we are changing the genetic makeup, and do we really know what the long-term impact will be on the species of plants, on the soil, on the environment? There are obvious commercial benefits, but how do we judge what is really useful?" (133).

According to Jason Collins, genetic diversity is a good thing for a population because adaptation via natural selection depends on the existence of variation. Also, a population possessing a greater amount of genetic diversity has a greater probability of already possessing adaptive alleles that might be necessary to meet new environmental challenges like pathogens. A population needs genetic diversity in order to fight off diseases that come around in the future. If everyone had similar genetics the population could be wiped out because they would not be able to fight off the new