INTRO
Today, I gonna discuss about the Fukuyama reading. According to my point of view, this article is about the future issue, which is mainly taking about the Genetic Engineering. Recent years, the technology has developed at high speed, such as this technology make wish of the mothers who can not have the baby. It is called surrogacy. The main topic of this essay is like that.
Should the human being design the baby before they are born?
Now I will try to discuss about this question by answering these two questions....
a) According to Fukuyama, is genetic engineering of humans likely to occur in the future? Does Fukuyama feel that technological advances can make it possible? What are the main obstacles in terms of technology and ethics? Also, what are the main dangers?
Yes, he suggests the genetic engineering of humans likely to occur in the future.
According to his points of view, in the final paragraph of this article, he says, "The second point is that even if genetic engineering on a species level remains twenty-five,fifty, or one hundred years away, it is by far the most consequential of all future developments in biotechnology." (Fukuyama 11). I think that this is the main point because he obviously recognizes that the development of the biotechnology will have the genetic engineering in the future. However he also suggests the problems and dangers for having it. There are three of them. The first is the complexity of the problem. It is the problem with the technology and the higher-order. The more people want the higher technology and perfect babies, the difficulties of order will increase as paradox. The second problem is the ethical one. Can be the human experimentation allowed? It is the destiny for any technology to do some experimentation to check its accuracy and safety for human. However, is this ethical for human being? The last problem is about the population. The genetic engineering also provides us the opportunity to change the gender of babies. However this will be danger to break the balance of male and female. Now, I will try to focus on only ethical problem. According to Fukuyama, he says in the article, "The issue of human experimentation is a serious obstacles to rapid development of genetic engineering but no means an insuperable one." (Fukuyama 9). As I mentioned before, the main issue for ethics is that it is necessary for the technology to do experimentation. Because of this, people have to experiment by using human. This is most inevitable problem. To conclude, it is the destiny for biotechnology to have the genetic engineering. However the problems will be occurred in the future.
b) What questions, critical reactions, or ideas do you want to discuss in relation to this article? Prepare two interesting discussion questions for your group and answer your own questions shortly.
What I want to discuss in relation to this article is
1) Imagine. If your parents say you are designed baby, what is your reaction to them?
How do you feel?
2) Imagine. If your friends say that they are designed babies, what is your reaction to them?
Do you have jealousy?
In my opinion, the genetic engineering have to be deliberated with the babies future who will be born with designed. Also, it is important to consider these types of problem with daily life situation.
Therefore I choose this questions.
Ps. If you have any questions or comments, fell free to write!!!!
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