What if it was scientifically possible to make people genetically “perfect”? What if genes causing diseases or defects could simply be removed and replaced with properly functioning ones? This is quickly becoming a possibility as progress is made in the realm of human gene therapy. This technique involves inserting a functioning gene into a human cell in order to correct some type of genetic error or to give the cell a new or different function. It has many potential benefits, but also has numerous morally troubling uses as well. All in all, the positive uses outweigh the negative ones, if…