Session 6 - Do Scientists Have The Right To Change Our Genes?
Currently human genome editing (the genetic modification of a human embryo) is illegal. It implies that scientists have the capacity to ‘play God’ and could lead to a breed of enhanced humans (transhumanism).
- Look at the three different views on editing the human embryo given in the notes on the overview page. Do you sympathise with any of these views?
- What does our interest in human genetic modification say about our approach to health and disease/ fulfilled lives/ people who suffer from disability/ people who do not match social norms?