gone from being used to rebuild people who say, are severe
burn victims, people now use plastic surgery on a whim, if they
want to change a part of themselves just because they don’t
like it or want to ‘improve’ it. For example, if parents used
genetic engineering to cure their child of Downs syndrome,
they might also have doctors modify their child’s genetics to
make the child more intelligent and more skilled socially. If
such editing of people becomes commonplace recreationally,
then it is possible that we will see increased discrimination
among the human population. Say, if a person can’t afford to
genetically alter themselves to make them taller, the wealthy
might look down (both literally and metaphorically) on the
poor for being short, unable to take part in popular choice of
editing themselves to increase height. Examples of this type of
artificial editing on humans are already occurring, with people
undergoing operations such as plastic surgery in an effort to be
perceived as ‘perfect.’ This type of discrimination could be
disastrous to humans as a community, because it will further
increase the already existing gap between classes and
ethnicities.
Another example of where genetic engineering could heavily
influence inherently natural human life would be in sports,