Ethics

In this section we are stepping back and considering the ethical implications of our innovation, the economics of the issue and motivations for all involved to contribute to former. That is the social responsibility that carries with knowledge and technology and how much altruism.

The financial responsibility and incentives that follow with that and lastly the considerations of proposing out imperfect solutions in order to alleviate suffering.

Social and human responsibility

We have the means, we have the technology. Let us show the way

We are privileged in Denmark, so privileged that we had a challenging time finding good problems to be solved. A part of that privilege is abundant and nuanced access to a what goes on around the world.We have ample tools and opportunity to enable us to solve an issue like this. To alleviate suffering - Even from the comforts of the University lab benches? We could not refuse the impact we could make. The impact of catalyzing innovation within such a new field, a field where there is potentially lives to be saved. Suffering to be alleviated.

We are aware that we are wandering into new frontiers. And that with it comes exploring the “new”, and that it with that comes the “unknown” and with the “unknown” is the the fear of it, of the unexpected. We argue that there is both a will and a way before us, and we know what they say about that.

The will is to alleviate suffering, to save lives The way; one way, is through the application of technology: If it was not for the application of we would have life expectancy significant below and mortalities significant higher than it is today. We create solutions for ourselves and others and that is one factor to what makes us great. We should keep that in mind when looking to future challenges, and to new frontiers. We have solutions and we should apply them accordingly, be it through synthetic biology or not.

In furtherance to that point, we address the issue regarding applying synthetic biology.