Genetic Modification: A Tool for Progress or A Path to New-Age Eugenics
Keywords:
Genetic modification, CRISPR, Eugenics, Bioethics, Regulation and public participationAbstract
This article examines the possibilities and risks of genetic manipulation technology. Genetic manipulation technologies such as CRISPR can help cure genetic diseases or solve food problems, but there are also concerns such as inequality, unexpected side effects, and problems similar to the past eugenics may arise again. In particular, there must be a distinction between the purpose of treating diseases and the purpose of using it to sacrifice a minority for the supposed good of society, which requires regulation, international cooperation, and public participation. Whether genetic manipulation will benefit or harm humanity depends on how we deal with this technology.
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