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Genetic Technologys Impact on Human Freedom

would allow the person more time and energy to devote to their self-realization and improvement.Next, genetic technology could also aid in the development of one’s Natural Freedom of Self-Determination. In the widest sense, this type of freedom is the absence of external restraint that hinders one from expressing his or her self. In the strict sense, this freedom means the absence of an intrinsic necessity or determination in the performance of an act. Using this definition of freedom, genetic enhancement would eliminate all or most of the external restraints a person may have possessed otherwise, allowing this person more freedom. One might argue that providing the means for one to succeed in an area provides room for unnecessary pressure. However, the intrinsic determination to succeed in that area would also have to be present. The human will is a power which determines itself to act or not to act, to act this way or that way, as it desires. Through these arguments, one can see the vast benefits of genetic technology and enhancement. It would allow for Circumstantial Freedom of Self-Realization, Acquired Freedom of Self-Perfection, and Natural Freedom of Self-Determination to be attained more easily. Genetic enhancement would benefit mankind in ways that no other technology has succeeded in to date....

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