Some argue that using GM’s in place of naturally grown foods
is not safe due to its possible side effects, but I believe that as
technology is improving and with more research, we will soon
know all effects of GM’s and possibly find a way to improve them
and possibly eliminate any side effects.
Body augmentation is the altering of the human anatomy to
enhance the ability and productivity of the human body. This
includes trying to improve human senses and seeking out new
medicines using self-experimentation. It can be both genetical
changes and physical changes. People try body augmentation
because, even though modern medicine has progressed rapidly
in the last few decades, there aren’t enough cures for many
serious diseases. The dangers of body augmentation are that it
is difficult to know how the body will react to medication so if he
patient isn’t in the right environment they will be putting their
health at risk. Another reason is that because they aim to add
new genetic material into the DNA it is possible that you could
end up interfering with your body this could end up causing
serious health problems and even inducing a tumour. The
government cannot intervene if an individual chooses to selfexperiment
with body augmentation. This means that we could
make serious problems for ourselves and even do things that
cannot be reversed and could result in death or serious illness.
Some wish to be able to live forever but unfortunately it is not
possible. Though our life expectancy has increased dramatically
over the years there is no way for us to achieve immortality.
Using technology, we have been able to do research on what
can increase our longevity like food or exercise. But there has
been no technology that has been able to put a stop to death
altogether. Even if it were possible some people may not even
want to live forever as it brings many problems with it. If this kind
of technology is being experimented with I am unsure, but I do
think that if it were to exist people would not be as enthusiastic
as we imagine.
In conclusion I think that we will be faced with many serious
ethical issues in the years to come. Technology and ethics do
not go hand in hand as they almost always contradict each
other. Some may argue that ethics stop us from achieving our
full abilities while others think that ethics stop us from going
too far with technology. I believe that even though technology
has brought many benefits with it we are on the verge of doing
some irreversible damage. Not everybody can be trusted to use
technology safely. Which is why I think that we should start
thinking of an ethical framework for developing technology, so
we have something to follow that will keep us safe from doing
harm whilst also letting us improve on what we have.