2006-11-03 14:30:40 · 6 answers · asked by Redmondinator 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are ethics and then there are morals. Morality is what has to do with your motive: breaking some law in order to do a greater good (say to save someone) would be moral, but unethical. Ethics are more like a code of conduct set by society, and aren't based on 'right' and 'wrong' but rather just conventions of behavior society expects you to follow so that it can operate smoothly.
Genetically engineering a mutant human race wouldn't neccessarily be unethical. However, in my opinion it'd be immoral; any motivation to make a new species is not likely a noble one. At best, they'd be pons for research and bizarre experiments. Furthermore, to even consider such a task with the limited understanding of genetics that we have would be wrong (morally) b/c its certain to result in abominations and travesties. Even clones, which aren't new species, are not the same as 'normal' organisms. They have a shorter lifespan, and some notable defects. There's just something about it that seems wrong to me. We should have some limitations on what we do, at least until we understand things better.
2006-11-03 14:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by Geoffrey B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics is not about what you do, or even what you can do. It is essentially about why you do.
If we were to produce genetically different human like species, would that be to create a slave race? Then that would be unethical.
If it is to create new creatures who could be better adapted to a new environment, and who would have the same rights as non-engineered (natural) humans, then it would be OK.
2006-11-03 22:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So youmean to say that if i steal a car because I want to give it to my mom because she really needs one to get to her dying father and she has no other means of transportation.....then it's ethical??????......i think not....being ethical does have to do with what you do and why you do it. There are many viewpoint about cloning. I believe it would be ethical if it were for research purposes, and they were treated with humanity and not lied to, but they would have to have the same rights as humans do. I find this very difficult to give a clone the same rights as a human if you want to do research on it.....so if you can't do research on it without giving it the same rights as humans, then why create it? Let humans be created the natural way, the way it was meant to be, because there is too much dilemma over it.
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2006-11-03 22:42:22 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, because we all know that the Cylons will eventually rebel against us and attempt to obliterate humanity in a sneak attack from hidden Basestars. Only a single Battlestar will survive, and they'll have to lead an unarmed civilian fleet on a desperate quest to find their cousins on a planet called earth.
2006-11-03 22:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethical is a moot point...possible is the word that you need to use.
2006-11-03 22:39:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so,you could genetically alter a sloth. that would be cool to have some one who is incredibly slow.
2006-11-03 22:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Edinator 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋