What is Society?
Society is people who live in some territory and share many patterns of behavior.
What is Culture?
Culture is a way of life including wide spread values (about what is good and bad), beliefs about what is true, and behavior (what people do everyday).
What is Ethics?
Ethics are moral principles that govern a person's/group's behavior.
How does Genetically Engineering plants, animals, and humans ethically impact our Society and Culture?
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Many people have a lot of views. There are people who think that experimenting on animals is painful and think that pain is evil they also think that it's experimenting on them is pointless. We also have to realize that there are animals that signify something in a religion and it could be going against it. People are against testing on animals because to them it's needless cruelty and wholesale slaughter.
Facts:
- Scientists decapitate animals and remove the brain to study the effects of their experiment.
Pros:
- More food/animals
Cons:
- Painful for the animals
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Most food on the shelves at grocery stores is genetically modified to have better taste, growth, and harvest. People argue that god put food on the earth for us to eat as it was. While others disagree that it was meant to be taken farther for growing population and livings. While we currently live with most of our foods being genetically modified there are people who are strongly against it because they worry about side effects and how it isn't meant to be that way.
Facts:
- GE foods are easier to get
- Some people disagree with it.
Pros:
- Higher yield
- Less pest problems
- Cheaper to buy
Cons:
- Higher price to buy organic
- Possible long term side effects.
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Many people have issues with genetic engineering, but one of the most hated. People dislike the idea because many believe that only humans should be made by the hand of god and by no other. People who are pro genetics say that they will change their thoughts when these criteria are met.
1. God must be real
2. God must show a active interest in human life
3. Need a real way to communicate with God
1. God must be real
2. God must show a active interest in human life
3. Need a real way to communicate with God
Facts:
- Xenotransplantation, or the transplantation of living tissues or organs from one species to another, is often seen as a potential way to alleviate the shortage of human hearts and kidneys.
Pros:
- Pigs have a similar physiology and organ size, making porcine (pig) organs ideal candidates for transplantation into human recipients.
Cons:
- If the blending of animal and human DNA results, intentionally or not, in chimeric entities possessing degrees of intelligence never before seen in animals, should these entities be given rights and special protections?
- What unintended personal, social, and cultural consequences could result?