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Artificial Life Ethics

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With the advancement of science nowadays, we are able to see many new inventions and innovations emerging around the world daily. However, one of the most prominent of these creations, especially in the field of biology, is artificial life. Life on Earth is already complex as it is and scientists have already discovered huge amounts of organisms, species, countless and different genomes and Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) codes…etc. This has made artificial life seem to be an intimidating subject since it would be even more complex; particularly because it is a simulation of these living organisms that are already vast in nature. While most scientists aren’t really up for the challenge of creating A-life, it is still a known fact that synthetic …show more content…

For it had a huge effect on the ethical point of view of the society. Thus, from this we can conclude that a lot of people have various ethics surrounding this topic. Most people believe that there are just some aspects of life that we should avoid messing with; especially, those that oppose nature. The main ethical issue around this topic is that people accuse scientists of ‘playing god’ because the idea of making life petrifies them; they also believe it’s not natural. However, science has a completely different point of view, for most scientists actually understand that artificial life can actually improve many issues we face nowadays; for instance, A-life can help with pollution, creating biofuels…etc. Nevertheless, most people “worry that artificial organisms will have an uncertain functional status and consequently an uncertain moral status”; thus, a lot of people oppose the topic and cannot fathom the actual importance of …show more content…

Moreover, Artificial life, whilst still a recent topic, has had a lot of consequences on humans and there were both positive effects, such as A-life producing certain drugs; or it could be negative, for instance creating A-life is a long and complicated task. Furthermore, artificial life has also affected the ethical perspective of societies. Either way, the moment Dr. Craig Venter made this scientific breakthrough, we have entered a scientific revolution which has and will change the world

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