This blog post delves deeply into whether genetic engineering technology surrounding designer babies represents an ethical choice or human progress. Regarding the question of what it would mean to genetically engineer children, Michael Sandel, author of ‘The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering,’ fundamentally dissects the moral and ethical issues. Assuming...
Michael Sandel’s ‘The Ethics of Life’: Reflections on Genetic Engineering and Human Dignity
Through Michael Sandel’s ‘The Ethics of Life’, we explore the ethical issues surrounding genetic engineering and human enhancement, examining the values of fairness and dignity. The Antarctic expedition team of renowned scholar Charles Wells discovers traces of a 17-meter giant during their exploration and finds evidence of a civilization more advanced than our own. Meanwhile, his...