Ethical Considerations of CRISPR Gene Editing

From the readings, it is clear to understand the nuance and capability of technology as it relates to BioCybersecurity. Some ethical considerations that I feel would be beneficial to consider when discussing this topic is Integrity and transparency. First discussing Integrity, we all know that companies have the ability and power to impose more into our personal lives more than we want them to. Given that most people who interact with these companies normally only have a connection through a third party source that the company has created, so the consumers really have no choice but to assume that whatever information they are deciding to disclose is in good hands. That is where the importance of integrity comes in. When consumers decide to disclose information such as their DNA composition then it is imperative that the companies using this data are transparent about what they are doing with the information before and after use and honest about what they seek to do with it. If these values are not important to the company then their presents a risk with sharing this information. Unfortunately we cannot force people to have integrity and transparency we can only hope that companies value our privacy like we do.

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