" All parents have the right to genetically design their children"
Though genetically engineering children can have many positive effects, the future possibilities are terrifying and potentially dangerous to the human race. Genetics engineering is also a moral issue, is it right for a parent or politician to decide if making the perfect child is right? Will genetic engineering lead to the potential extinction of certain kinds of people in the far far future? These are issues that we all ask ourselves when addressing genetic engineering and is why it has become such a sensitive subject.
A major pro in genetic engineering babies is the possibility that it may prevent various genetic diseases such as down syndrome and cystic fibrosis, but this is not without flaw.
http://www.ifgene.org/proscons.htm
2 comments:
Why do you think genetic engineering is a moral issue? You mention some general points but you offer no support for your comments. What are your thoughts? More importantly, why do you think as you do?
Doug, the final copy of your essay was quite effective, but did contain one flaw. Your thesis statement outlined an argument that would cover the harms of genetic engineering and would also focus on the future it would create for humanity. However, your actual essay failed to mention anything of the future of humanity. Your arguments that genetic engineering would take a massive toll on human life in the form of unborn children. Additionally, your choice to show the lack of benefits versus the means of acquiring this technology was quite effective, as it showed genetic engineering to be quite ineffective to accomplish the goals which it is claimed to be able to achieve.
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