Location Tracking

I think that implanting computer chips into children to identify and track them is not a bad idea. This could definitely raise some arguments of whether or not this is ethical, but I would have to say it is not unethical. There could be some health risks with putting a computer chip in a young child but, as long as it has been approved to be safe, I do not think the risks would outweigh the benefits. It is not every day that a child goes missing but it does happen more often than it should. If there was a way to easily track the location of the children, kidnapping would be less of an issue. It should be the parents decision to get the chip implanted in their child, but I do think they should have the option; if this piece of technology proved to be a success. It would also depend if the chip was easy to remove or had to be in their for their entire life. I think this would cause problems because teenagers will not want their parents to be able to track them. Even though they may not like this idea, I think that parents should be mature enough to only use the tracking device in times of emergency. I also think that this would help when people become older. People with Alzheimer's or just forgetfullness in old age can sometimes need to be identified or tracked. As long as people did not use the computer chip for innapropriate situations, I find there to be no ethical issues with it.