The Ethics of Human Engineering

Discussion as to whether the use of genetic engineering in humans is ethical has been a controversial topic over the past two decades. Genetic engineering can help scientists treat medical disorders and save many lives. For example, scientists can test the early stages of various types of cancers, which can lead to death if cancer is not discovered until the late stage of development (Krause 205). Genetic engineering can also be used to help parents with hereditary diseases not to inherit the absence of DNA to their children (Clapper 7).

In October 2015, the United Nations International Bioethics Committee stated that the ethical issues of human genetic engineering should not be confused with the ethical issues of the eugenics movement of the 20th century. However, it still has problems. Because it challenges the concept of human equality and opens up new forms of discrimination and insult for people who do not want technology or can not afford. Superhumanism is usually related to eugenics, but most superhumanists with similar views still remain deviating from "eugenics" (such as "voluntary choice" and "reconstructive physics"). The notorious theory and practice of the early 20th century was confusing. Century eugenics movement

Human beings in genetic engineering will be considered "not human". The moral principle is that human origin does not affect their "personality". This is a way to treat eugenics as a shameful legacy. The correct response to prejudice is not to verify it as a moral reason not to do something, but to expose it to the essence by using reason and evidence to confront it. People made by genetic engineering can be used for spare parts and organs. For people made by genetic engineering it is impossible to do something with your brothers and people twins right now. The US Constitution strongly suggests that once a human fetus lives outside the womb, it has autonomous body rights. Regardless of production form and existence state. Without their consent, we can not even use the deceased's organs.