Sunday, November 6, 2011

Chapter 18

1.) What if bio-engineering would allow parents to completely choose all the traits of their children. Would you consider it "crossing the line"? What if, by using bio-engineering, humans could eliminate disease and genetic disorders? Would it make a difference in your opinion of bio-engineering?

2.) Cloning is no longer a sci-fi concept and people have spent small fortunes to clone their pets. Do you consider cloning pets unethical? Why or why not?

3.) There are a lot of biotechnologies that help improve peoples' lives. For example there are implants to give the blind basic sight and deaf hearing. There are many biotechnologies that currently exist or that are being developed now. Can you think of any other biotechnologies that can help improve peoples' lives?