Analyze some of the ethical issues of technology. Illustrate your answer with examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. DNA testing has given millions of people information about their genetic predispositions for diseases like cystic fibrosis, cancer, and Huntington's disease (an incurable neurological disorder). Having such information has helped doctors and patients make better health care decisions, but the expanding use of genetic testing is having an unforeseen consequence. More people who don't show any symptoms are being told they have genes for potentially fatal diseases.In recent breakthroughs, an international team of scientists reported successfully editing human DNA in embryos. The findings "set off alarm bells among critics around the world" who fear that such research could lead to "designer babies." Wealthy parents, some worry, could use the technology to produce smarter, taller, healthier, and stronger offspring that would hold a competitive edge.Another ethical dilemma is that biotechnological advances, like other technological developments, are most readily available to higher-income people.
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