Multimodal

Presentation

What is the biggest ethical issue in the world?

Name; Gabriela Gonzalez Level:LO06 Date: June 1,2017

Genetic
manipulation
Genetic manipulation affects all living things

POSITIVELY NEGATIVELY

Human beings Health Eugenics

Animals Nutrition Abuse

Plants Elimination of hunger Biodiversity

Bacteria Health Superbacteria

Ethical aspects in plants

IN FAVOR

Cure Disease
Bioremediation of the environment

AGAINST

Create Biological Weapons

Creation of new diseases
Ethical aspects in plants

IN FAVOR

Elimination of Hunger
Nutrition

AGAINST
Loss of Biodiversity
Natural Balance
Contamination
 Ethical aspects in animals

IN FAVOR
Avoid Extinction
Animals help to study human
diseases

AGAINST
Break the Balance Evolution
Abuse
Ethical aspects in human being

IN FAVOR
Health
Selection of genes

AGAINST

Discrimination
Eugenics
Cloning
Genetic manipulation unleashes many more ethical issues

Genetic
Manipulation

Transgenesis Eugenics

Transgenesis Transgenesis
Abortion Sterilization Cloning
in animals in plants
Reflection

"Science never solves a problem without creating

other 10 more (George Bernard Shaw).
Genetic manipulation Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKwiNAOJSNk
Conclusion

Genetic manipulation is one of the more controversial questions with regard to the scientific and
technological advances of recent years. This set of techniques seek to modify the genetic
material with several purposes. Therefore, it is important to know the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic manipulation to be able to have a judgment of ethics on this topic.

There are several solutions for this problem such as prohibiting the experimentation with
animals or the commercialization of genetically modified foods. However, these solutions could
not prevent genetic modification follow advancing.
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CAC (Codex Alimentarius Commission) (2003b). Principles for the risk analysis of food derived from modern biotechnology.
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Cohen JI, Pinstrup-Andersen P (2002). Biotechnology and the public good. Science and Development Network
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