Legitimacy of Genetic Engineering In recent years advancements in technology have been rapidly increasing. With the advent of the computer age new concepts and possibilities have become feasible. The practice of genetic engineering is one of these technologies that has been the cause of heated controversy. Moral and scientific issues have arisen in the debate, some valid and some well off base. Brownlee, Cook, and Hardigg’s article “Tinkering with Destiny”, Lee Silve’s “The …showed first 75 words of 547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 547 total…question whether or not nature should be our standard of value. Nature, after all, can be a breeding ground of suffering. As ethicists and scientists observe the issues involved in genetic engineering more discoveries in the field occur almost daily. Can humans survive in an increasingly demanding world without some advantage produced by genetic engineering? That is just one more question to add to the ongoing debate that would change the fate of the world.