Ethos
By: Brianna dwyer
"That's certainly possible, but it depends on the cost of the intervention over the long term, and there's no way to tell yet how expensive it might be in 50 years. Right now we manage to distinguish between necessary medical procedures, which insurance will pay for, and elective ones, which are apportioned on the basis of wealth" (In Praise of Designer Babies).
This quote is explaining the factor influencing the cost of genetically modifying babies at the moment, it is pricy because the technologies being used are not common. But, once the procedure becomes more known, there is no telling how much cheaper it could be in the future, once it is used more and more commonly heard of.
"I do think we overestimate the degree to which genetic engineering could produce mass inequality. We already have lots of inequality based on genetics. Some people's parents are very smart and some people's parents are extraordinary athletes. Is it unfair that LeBron James' parents gave him the genes that made him six foot eight with loads of natural athletic talent?" (In Praise of Designer Babies).
There is already so much inequality distributed in genes as it is. The quote is asking if it is fair if people who have good genes pass them off to their kids, things like athleticism and intelligence. How is choosing your kids genes any different then getting good genes from your parents without changing them? There is always going to be inequality in the world.
"'One of my concerns is if we let parents think they are actually choosing and controlling [their child's outcome], then we set up all that dynamic of potentially tyrannical expectations over what the child will do or be," Murray said." (Children to Order).
The concern is that parents will expect great thing of having a designer baby when really, the results might not be exactly what they want them to be. This can set parents hopes up high but there is a chance they can come crashing down.
"The potential harms, such as parents forcing a child to study trombone when the kid would rather play soccer, don't seem big enough to interfere with parental choice, he added" (Children to Order).
By taking away a kids availability to make their own choices is decreasing the diversity the world has. With parents choosing what their kids are going to do removes the chance of them ever getting to make up their own minds.
The expert who is being interviewed is Doctor Thomas H. Murray. He is a bioethicist in a nonprofit research center in Garrison New York.
http://www.livescience.com/44087-designer-babies-ethics.html
This quote is explaining the factor influencing the cost of genetically modifying babies at the moment, it is pricy because the technologies being used are not common. But, once the procedure becomes more known, there is no telling how much cheaper it could be in the future, once it is used more and more commonly heard of.
"I do think we overestimate the degree to which genetic engineering could produce mass inequality. We already have lots of inequality based on genetics. Some people's parents are very smart and some people's parents are extraordinary athletes. Is it unfair that LeBron James' parents gave him the genes that made him six foot eight with loads of natural athletic talent?" (In Praise of Designer Babies).
There is already so much inequality distributed in genes as it is. The quote is asking if it is fair if people who have good genes pass them off to their kids, things like athleticism and intelligence. How is choosing your kids genes any different then getting good genes from your parents without changing them? There is always going to be inequality in the world.
"'One of my concerns is if we let parents think they are actually choosing and controlling [their child's outcome], then we set up all that dynamic of potentially tyrannical expectations over what the child will do or be," Murray said." (Children to Order).
The concern is that parents will expect great thing of having a designer baby when really, the results might not be exactly what they want them to be. This can set parents hopes up high but there is a chance they can come crashing down.
"The potential harms, such as parents forcing a child to study trombone when the kid would rather play soccer, don't seem big enough to interfere with parental choice, he added" (Children to Order).
By taking away a kids availability to make their own choices is decreasing the diversity the world has. With parents choosing what their kids are going to do removes the chance of them ever getting to make up their own minds.
The expert who is being interviewed is Doctor Thomas H. Murray. He is a bioethicist in a nonprofit research center in Garrison New York.
http://www.livescience.com/44087-designer-babies-ethics.html
pathos
By: Amanda Hodor
Mr./Mrs. Potato Head or designer baby?
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designer baby
Design a baby and just maybe You’ll get a perfect, picture life, Children laughing, never barfing, Playing, singing never crying. They all look oh so perfect, Not a fault in sight, (at least on the surface) and they never fight. When you take them out Their manners are just so, Nothing to embarrass you, Everyone can know. As teenagers you’ll know their teachers, How they dance, can give them balance, Won’t be bullies, won’t be preachers. Diversity? Well we all choose, What suits us bet, what to loose, Diversity through parents, yes? But maybe children need to be Who they choose and want to guess, Make mistakes and learn how They can make their parents proud, Not be little pieces, Of pre-chosen dishes. |
This poem, "designer baby" by Ket, is about designer babies and how they are starting to thrive in America. I chose this poem because at the end of the poem, the author reveals he doesn't believe in designer babies. In the beginning, the author explains to the reader that perfect genetic babies are a good thing to have. Children having perfect manners, never being bullies, always perfect appearances, and never crying as a baby. It's a picture perfect life with designer babies, or is it? With this being said, the author expresses that children should express themselves in their own way because we are all unique. They shouldn't be made out of petri dishes. |
Logos
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Based on the image to the left describing how designer babies actually work, based off the parents liking, or choice of their child. It explains step by step in a basic form of how the selection of the mothers eggs, then creating embryos to create the perfect and healthy child they choose. The logic and science behind the idea of designer babies is helping scientist better understand humans but is it ethically right?
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A survey was done in February 2014 based on how adults felt if change in certain areas had occurred. Approximately 66% of the adults, according to the figure to the left in the very last bar, agreed with one another that parents should not be able to alter DNA of prospective children even if for curing diseases or benefiting science in some way. Where as only 26% left over thought it would better our families and experiments. Statistics show that only a select few are able to actually afford designer babies because the price is so extreme. Therefore those parents are willing to pay the price for what they want. This is also why so many others are in disagreement of designer babies and are unable to afford the price range like the wealthy are. The question still remains and would designer babies better us or worsen us as a country and as parents?