What will be the further effect on baby by the Designer Babies Ethical?
Preventing disease or enhancing attributes? Suppose we move away from discussion of risks to focus on the reasons for having a designer baby. We can identify two different kinds of motivation: Is there an ethical divide between therapy and enhancement? * Replacing the version of the gene linked with heart disease, for example, aims to ensure that the resulting person’s cardiac functioning does not fall below a level considered normal for humans. We call it “therapy” because we recognize that it aims to prevent a disease state. * Adding an extra copy of the NR2B gene to a human embryo, on the other hand, has the quite distinct aim of producing someone who, in some area, functions beyond a level considered normal for human beings and as such qualifies as an “enhancement.”11 This prompts a question: Is there a moral distinction between treating or preventing disease and enhancing traits? Some think that we should pass different moral judgments on enhancement from those we pass on therapy.
The debate over designer babies is raging. While many people agree that it seems wrong to be able to choose the gender, eye color, height and handedness of your baby, it is hard to say that genetic manipulation should be outlawed when it can also serve to eradicate diseases. Through genetic manipulation, we can ensure that future generations are plagued by cancer, AIDS and other very deadly diseases. I understand that there are some ethical concerns, but I don’t think we can overlook the benefits of this technology either. Sources: It is my opinion.
