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All throughout history, mankind has been determined to create a human without any faults, or at least, as close as they can to come to perfection. They have attempted to create a person of higher mental and physical ability, to create a human that will be more competent and more proficient than the everyday-ordinary people. Was this an ethically permissible task throughout history? Is it morally acceptable in today’s society? This paper will show the history behind eugenics and explain the different sides of the genetic engineering controversy. Even in ancient Greek civilizations, humans have been striving for the perfect form of physical and mental strength. Through many generations, they discovered that when two beautiful and strong people mated, there would be a beautiful, strong child. It was at this time that good breeding developed within the human race. The Greeks believed in the idea of arête, which has a meaning of beauty and splendor with perfect balance, harmony, and symmetry. They were almost obsessed with this notion of perfect balance. Their whole medical system was based on this principle, which has been practiced even up to the late 18th century all over the globe. Greeks were so much into this arê