Genetic Engineering

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  • Created by: Kirsty
  • Created on: 10-05-13 19:34
What is genetic modification of crops?
Where the plants are grown in a special way so we can make them better (e.g stronger, to stay riper for longer).
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What are the strengths of genetically modifying crops?
Prevent farmers from using fertilisers and herbicides.
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What are the weaknesses of genetically modifying crops?
Farmers grow dependent of multinational companies and the soil becomes adapted to the plants.
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What is the genetic modification of animals?
Cloning an animal so you can get a better version of it. A good example of this is Dolly the sheep.
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What are the strengths of genetically modifying animals?
There haven't been any good outcomes yet.
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What are the weeknesses of genetically modifying animals?
The weeknesses are shown with Dolly the sheep. She aged very quickly and had many health problems.
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What is the human embryo research?
Where scientists use embryo research to make a baby prone to diseases.
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What does Christian Ethics think of genetic engineering?
Animal and plant engineering is seen as moral but it is argued whether embryo research is really moral when killing embryos.
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What does Natural Law think of genetic engineering?
The same values are here for both Christian Ethics and thoughts on abortion.
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What does Utilitarianism think of genetic engineering?
Prevention and curing of diseases is for the greatest good of the greatest number. The life of an embryo has no intrinsic value.
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What does Kantian Ethics think of genetic engineering?
There is a weakness as we don't know if can't considered the embryo as a human? But the research could involve the exploitation of people.
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