some object to deep human intervention in nature like the cloning of extinct organisms or the creation of chimeric organisms, on the grounds that such interventions amount to playing god. since humans intervene in nature all the time and for good moral reasons, for example medicine, there cannot be something inherently morally problematic about such interventions. the focus should instead be on the types of harms that we identified above.
there has been much discussion about whether synthetic biology could really create artificial life. a much more profound and pressing ethical question asks what kinds of life forms there should be. it is now within our power to decide.
why is the argument that interventions are playing god ,not a good one
humans were not created to make life themselves
humans are not technologically advanced enough to do this
humans are already intervening in nature now
humans do not know how to solve any problems they create