Do+the+potential+benefits+of+synthetic+biology+outweigh+the+potential+risks?

=Do the potential benefits of synthetic biology outweigh the potential risks?=

YES: Gregory E. Kaebnick, from Prepared Statement before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (May 27, 2010) 235

NO: Christopher J. Preston, from “Synthetic Biology: Drawing a Line in Darwin’s Sand,” Environmental Values (February 2008) 240 Philosopher Gregory E. Kaebnick believes that the potential societal benefi ts of the new technology of synthetic biology are too great to delay its use. Christopher J. Preston, an environmental ethicist, warns that synthetic biology is a threat to the concept of “natural” that has guided moral thinking about the environment in North America.