Chapter 20
Giving Ethical Considerations Their Due
IN THIS CHAPTER
Learning about eugenics
Exploring the possibility of designer babies
Examining the ethical issues of genetic testing
Treating genetic disorders safely
The field of genetics grows and changes constantly. When it comes to genetics, the amount of information is bewildering, and the possibilities are endless. If you’ve already read many of the chapters in this book, you have a taste of the many choices and debates created by the burgeoning technology surrounding our genes.
With such a fast-growing and far-reaching field as genetics, ethical questions and issues arise around every corner and are interconnected with the applications and procedures. In this chapter, you find out how genetics has been misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misused to cause people harm based on their racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic status. It also dispels the myth of designer babies and discusses the ethical issues that surround genetic testing, including the testing of minors and direct-to-consumer testing. You also discover how information ...
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