Genetic engineering is a procedure which should be governed by strict limitations. Acceptable practices will seem to change determined by the individuals moral standards, but at what point does science intermingle with God's creations? The main use of genetic engineering should be to prevent physical deformities, and illnesses. When hair color, eye color, and other physical features are being altered first that's when you know we have gone too far. Think about it from this perspective, would you rather your child with blond hair or no legs? You decide which comes first.
These moral standards have been force fed to us ever since we were born. What is right and what is wrong, these are merely the Protestant, Judeo,and Christian opinions on which our country was raised. Our morals by which we judge things are completely different from that of an Islamic society. So in writing this one would only have a fraction of multi-cultural feelings towards genetic engineering. A parent from the Middle East would have a different opinion from that of a North American parent, this clarification would be necessary in order to set the moral guidelines of genetic engineering.
If society allows the alteration of minor physical features there would be little to no diversity within our culture. Eventually everyone would have similar physical, as well as mental traits. In some ways this may benefit our society in the future, but will limiting diversity in order to build a uniform society be a positive? This will take away peoples inherited character and appear to be a robot like society. If these moral barriers are overlooked our society could possibly be turned upside down and manipulated with ease. Democracy could be eliminated due to genetic engineering, and as an American is that the society you want to live in?
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You write, "A parent from the Middle East would have a different opinion from that of a North American parent." I agree. As a result, who would decide the genetic makeup of the child? If each nationality and race made its own choices, would there still be diversity and individualism? Are you thinking that we may come to a point where some "big brother/sister" will decide for the entire world the genetic makeup of all children? Do you think that could happen?
You conclude, "if these moral barriers are overlooked our society could possibly be turned upside down and manipulated with ease."
I cannot tell what you mean by "moral barriers."
It seems that you have a number of thoughts but are not sure how to compose them into an argument.
Seemed short but you managed to get your point across well. Maybe you could have gone on the other side of your argument a little more just so that you could strike those ideas down with your opinion.
Bran-man, are you suggesting that I should develop my feelings towards putting limitations on genetic engineering? After reading my essay a week after writing it I realized that I was very one sided about my topic and I should have gone deeper into that issue. Thanks for the help.
Theteach, if each race made their own rules and reguations on genetic engineering there would be diversity but it would be very limited, and eventually I believe the world would be controlled by a "big brother/sister". By moral barriers I meant that when a uniform rule is set over two different cultures that believe in two differnt things the outcome,if there's even an outcome, could be disasterous. And for a uniform rule to be set each cultures moral barriers must be altered.
You write, "And for a uniform rule to be set each cultures moral barriers must be altered."
How would this happen? Would it be accomplished through negotiation or war? Would one culture attempt to remove the other or at least conquer it? Today throughout the world we have episodes of ethnic cleansing? Is this what we can expect in the future?
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