Science And Ethics

Part I of Essay
In the story of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein had ambitions he would do anything to accomplish. These ambitions were to rid the world of disease, bring the dead back to life, and creating life. Victor did not think about the consequences of going through with his expe ....

Part II of Essay
.... of the fetus. This might be acceptable if the reason for the alteration is a life or death situation. If the baby will not be able to live without the procedure being done, then it is acceptable. But nowadays, doctors are performing genetic engineering to pre-determine the baby’s sex. If parents are now allowed to choose the sex of their child, who can say where to stop? Every parent would want their child to be the "perfect" child. How the child looks, how it thinks, and anything else would be the parents choice and that is not their dec ....