Therapeutic Therapy
Parents have the right to genetically engineer their children before birth. There are two areas of this technology one that modifies and enhances the natural human capacity while the other is therapeutic and heals. To be able to genetically change genes for therapy reasons should not be arguable. Therapeutic reasons consist of cancer, obesity, and depression. All these issues can be fixed by genetically controlling genes that may be the cause of them. It is important to continue research for this. Other countries would also see the advantage of this groundbreaking technology. “With knowledge comes power. If we understand the genetic causes of obesity, for example, we can intervene by means of embryo selection to produce a child with a reduced
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A couple can have thousands and millions of children, if possible. yet none will be the same, In fact, twins have been proven to have different traits and personalities from one another, not even twins are alike. All this provides is that the chances of getting the perfect child are slim. However, gene enhancements and gene therapy are able to grant a child that is both mentally stable and capable. Is it right to prevent a parent from such a child, they would love both the design and the chance the same but would happiness be the same. The happiness of both the child and parent are affected when a baby is born with mental and physical illnesses. It is the choice of having a child living a life that is possibly down hill or one that is a guaranteed to have the best chances of a wonderful healthy life. In fact “the bright children of such families will do well in life - and the dull children will do poorly.”(Murray, Herrnstein, 1997) We live in a society that three factors can ensure a life that is great. The first is brains, eugenics and letting parents choose their child can provide an intellectually capable child. The second is looks, again this technology can deliver a child that is attractive to the parents subjective values based on beliefs. The third is one that can overcome the first, it is a trait that makes people work hard for what they believe in, this trait is the will to overcome
A couple can have thousands and millions of children, if possible. yet none will be the same, In fact, twins have been proven to have different traits and personalities from one another, not even twins are alike. All this provides is that the chances of getting the perfect child are slim. However, gene enhancements and gene therapy are able to grant a child that is both mentally stable and capable. Is it right to prevent a parent from such a child, they would love both the design and the chance the same but would happiness be the same. The happiness of both the child and parent are affected when a baby is born with mental and physical illnesses. It is the choice of having a child living a life that is possibly down hill or one that is a guaranteed to have the best chances of a wonderful healthy life. In fact “the bright children of such families will do well in life - and the dull children will do poorly.”(Murray, Herrnstein, 1997) We live in a society that three factors can ensure a life that is great. The first is brains, eugenics and letting parents choose their child can provide an intellectually capable child. The second is looks, again this technology can deliver a child that is attractive to the parents subjective values based on beliefs. The third is one that can overcome the first, it is a trait that makes people work hard for what they believe in, this trait is the will to overcome