Transgenic Technology Thoughts On The Ethics And Morality

Life Science is one of the most important high-tech in the 21st Century, the research of Transgenic Technology is a representative of it. By using of Transgenic Technology, human being can achieve the long to conquer disease and improve the life quality, but it also causes a lot of social ethics issues. Therefore, how the transgenic technology form an objective, comprehensive understanding and guide them toward the progress of human society to develop in the direction became a major theoretical and practical significance of the issue.This paper consists of five parts. The first part briefly introduce the research project's background and the academic theory and practical significance; Literature Review; The main topics of study and source of content, the main theses results.The second part introduced the development of transgenic technology and the emergence of the status quo, mainly analyzing the technical features of transgenic technology through comparing the concept of transgenic technology, genetic engineering, clone, hybridization. Transgenic technology is also known as the second generation of genetic engineering, its biggest advantage is that through using of outer genes in a relatively short period of time, achieving the expected traits, it can solve some of the reality facing social problems, but there are also a technology risk, and ethics of human society formed a certain impact.The third part analyzed from three different aspect of the development of transgenic technology which triggered by the implementation of the relevant ethical issues. Firstly, the development of science and technology challenge the progress of human emotion and dignity. From the date of its birth, people have been a different attitude toward transgenic technology. From the emotional attitude toward this new technology someone is very exclusive, but the enormous social benefits motive makes it inevitably flourish. This also means that when people became increasingly powerful when they face to nature. At the same time, people felt weaker when they face to the science and technology means which they have created. It is a tremendous challenge for trying to maintain the integrity of human dignity. Secondly, human rights are tremendous blows. Gene therapy is a new developing direction for the application of transgenic technology in future, but the gene therapy also means the decrypt on gene. The genetic information was revealed by The Human Genome Project which is the most fundamental personal privacy, the disclosure means that human beings' natural rights are prejudiced. Through the search, it shows that the disease is caused by "disease genes", which tends to bring some unjust treatment for those who had "disease genes" from the public, it turned to "genetic discrimination", making the damage to their social rights. Once human being can cure genetic disease through human gene therapy, they will inevitably have the wish of desire future generation-"gene eugenics", it will have a heated conflict of the value and bring the new social inequality. Thirdly, some issues of the interests of gene patents and distribution. There's only one human genome, it's a kind of limited resources. Associated with the monopoly of the drug production and treatment through gene patents for a huge economic interests, it's a further aggravate inequalities.The fourth part wrote from two aspects of transgenic technology on the development of ethical ideological foundation. Firstly, the gene is an integral part of one's life, it can not be simply equated with life. The use of transgenic technology is changing genetic traits, and has not changed the natural essence. Secondly, human life superior to animal life, but there's no life between people can classification, each is responsible for their own lives. In human ethical system, the most basic respect for life is the most central principle.To raise questions is to solve them, the fifth part of this paper is about to find some ideological guidance through the ethical aspects. Transgenic technology should be to the health and welfare of mankind as the ultimate value targets. In achieving the objectives of the process, we must transgenic technologies necessary ethical guide. We should follow the "informed consent / choice principle" to raise public awareness of transgenic technology, cultivating transgenic technology to the public the correct attitude, as far as possible so that the public be truly informed choice; Follow the "no harm principle" and against the abuse of transgenic technology eugenic choice to avoid unintended harm, lower transgenic technology on human health and the rights of individuals have the possibility of harm; Guided by the "principles of justice" and the principle of equality and mutual benefit, opposed to the limited resources of the Patent and plunder and promote shared interests, the interests of the community, and common progress.