Gena Fawley Ethics Doug McKay 1 June, 2000 Genetic Engineering As we begin the twenty first century, many new technological advancements make themselves readily available to us. One such technological advancement is genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is the altering of human genes in order to perfect these genes, or change them completely. This new technology is very controversial, because it deals with things such as altering our own mortality and perhaps creating the “perfect human race.” Some …showed first 75 words of 1422 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1422 total…feel that this omnipotent attitude will cause the human race many difficulties in the near future. Bibliography Work’s Cited Gardner, William. “Can Human Genetic Enhancement be prohibited.” http://www,med.upenn.edu/~bioethics/genetics/articles/2.gardner.can. human.html Golden, Fredric. “Good Eggs, Bad Eggs.” Time Magazine. 11 January, 1999. “Intro to the World of Genome.” http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~s95633yc/ genome/genome2.html. Kinsley, Michael. “Oh My Aching Genes.” Time Magazine. September 29, 1997.