(Unknown, June 2003) The goals of this project are to: Identify all of the human genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of 3 billion base pairs in human DNA, store info in a database, improve tools for analysis, and address ethical, legal, and social issues that will arise from this project. ...
Thus, the human genome project addresses several ethical, legal, and social controversial issues regarding the matter. ... Some less serious but still very important legal, social, and ethical issues will also need to be addressed. ... However, the bad thing about the human genome project for me is that it has already inspired society with the hope of "better" babies, and one way to deploy pragmatism in the analysis of genetic engineering is to look at this promise of "better" babies in its social context: parenthood. ...
