Question

It is argued that genetic engineering will greatly transform the relations in family. Illustrate how might parental love be affected by the designer baby technologies?

Answer 1

With the help of new and evolving genetic engineering technologies coming up like the latest CRISPR Cas-9 technology , the genetic engineering has become more better , efficient , accurate. It still continues to evolve further.

These technologies will soon be used for tailor making of quality offsprings. This on one hand is a good thing and can come up with new challenges.

Good things like, any genetic diseases inherited or new can be corrected.

Challenges may involve the misuse and the behavioural or emotional change towards the babies.

These technologies can be viewed as products and thus reducung the human element in the progeny. This comes with the control of what you can reproduce. The product can be different from the parent , getting better looks, better skills, or may involve someone else's qualities or looks.

This will make the progeny customised and less inherent of the parent.

This can decrease parental love also as it is a emotion only. Although what actually happens is a thing to watch for as human behaviour can be less predictable and can be Adaptive with time.

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