Even in ancient Greek civilizations, humans have been striving for the perfect form of physical and mental strength. Through many generations, they discovered that when two beautiful and strong people mated, there would be a beautiful, strong child. It was at this time that good breeding developed within the human race. The Greeks believed in the idea of arête, which has a meaning of beauty and splendor with perfect balance, harmony, and symmetry. They were almost obsessed with this notion of perfect balance. Their whole medical system was based on this principle, which has been practiced even up to the late 18th century all over the globe.

Later on in history, we come to one of the most horrific and appalling examples of eugenics. Germany in the early and mid 20th century, held one of the largest diverse populations of a certain country in Europe. A man named Adolf Hitler went into power to rebuild Germany after World War I. He believed that the only way there would be a pure and perfect race would be to annihilate everyone but his faultless Aryan race. He began to set up death camps and when World War II was finished, it is estimated that over 12 million people died because of his evil plan to rid the world of everyone but Aryans. Below is a chart that shows the horrendous statistics of the huge populations that were murdered for not being Aryan.

Francis Collins argues that Christians have an obligation to the world to follow Christ’s example: to do what is necessary to alleviate pain among the human race. Dr. Collins says that people are scared of genetic research because of movies and science-fiction stories that portray medical genetics in a negative way. In closing, he says, “As physicians, we need to remember our role as healers and keep in mind that the outcomes of genetic research are an extension of that tradition. We shouldn’t be frightened of these advances” (Collins 23).

Many others do not view genetic engineering as progress in our world, but as a tool to bring the whole world into chaos. Something as big as the decoding of the DNA molecule should be seriously thought upon. While it may seem like a good idea to reduce the pain and disease in the world, there are very negative consequences that will happen. Although Gattaca is a sci-fi movie, I think that it depicts the ima

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