Genetic Engineering and Moral Responsibility
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چکیده
Over the past 12,000 years humans have gradually developed greater understanding and control over life. Agriculture, including plant and animal husbandry, were early important developments. Medicine also contributed to the control of life by fighting disease and more recently through technologies to control and manipulate fertility. Knowledge and technologies from physics and chemistry provide the tools to investigate biological processes at a molecular and even atomic level. Late 20th century and 21st century genetic science heralds remarkable advances in our understanding of life and our ability to control and manipulate it for our teleological endeavours. Emerging biotechnologies are in the foreground of modern scientific research.
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