Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Enhancement of Human Beings by

The evolution of engineering science has been hand in hand with the human subjugation of earth, but the question persists, when does the use of technology go too far? Advances in medical science have increased the average human lifespan and improved the quality of life for individuals. health check science and biology are steadily arriving at new ways to alter humans by the use of advanced genetic alteration. This technology gives face-lift to the question of how this new technology ought to be used, if at all. The idea of human enhancement is a very general topic, since humans are constantly enhancing themselves by means of the use of tools. In referring to human enhancement, I am referring specifically to the use of genetic intervention prior to birth. Julian Savulescu, in his, Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of sweetening of Human Beings, argues that it is not only permissible to intervene genetically, but is a morally incumbent on(predicate). In this paper, I will argue that it is not morally obligatory to intervene genetically even if such intervention may be permissible under certain criteria. I will show, in contrast to Savulescus view, that the moral obligation to intervene is not the same as the moral obligation to prevent and treat disease. In short, I will show that the expertness of humans to intervene genetically is not sufficient to establish a moral obligation.The first argument given for the obligation of genetic enhancement is the usurp of the Neglectful Parents. Savulescu considers the case of two types of parents, the neglectful parents and the lazy parents. The neglectful parents have a child that has a condition wherein a simple, cheap dietary concomitant must be given so that the child maintains an advanced intellect. ... ...ealth Organization. World Health Organization, 3 September 2007. Web. 4 Apr 2011. .Nordqvist , Christian. What Is Health? What Does Good Health meanspirited?. Medical News Today 21 May 2009 n. pag. Web. 1 Apr 2011. .Parens, Erik. Special Supplement Is Better Always Good? The Enhancement Project. Hastings Center enshroud 28.1 (1998) s1-s17. Web. 1 Apr 2011. .Parker, Michael. The Best Possible Child. Journal of Medical Ethics 33.5 (2007) 279-283. Web. 1 Apr 2011. .Savulescu, Julian. Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Human Beings. Readings in the Philosophy of Technology. Ed. David Kaplan. 2nd ed. Lanham Roman & Littlefield, 2009. 417-430.

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