In this post I will be analyzing the cultural aspects of the article "Designer Babies" Ethical?.
Cultural Words
- false expectations- Parents that choose to select traits and pay the costly expense of the procedure might not even be satisfied with the results. This shows our culture has high expectations and wants perfection.
- cash business- The doctors say they want to provide the technology because they have access to it. But, people argue that only the rich can afford these procedures. This will further the gap between classes because only those wealthy enough can pay for the technology.
- better traits- This is very subjective; the opinion of what are better traits varies from person to person. This is what makes the issue clouded, people consider different traits to be better and want to be able to select for these traits. Also, what traits the public deems better tells a lot about the culture of our society.
Thesis/ Main Idea
- THESIS: "The extent to which we design our babies and who's going to call the shots... on whether the technology gets used to do it."
- MAIN IDEA: The technology is available and almost ready to use for practice. People are discussing whether or not we should really go through with providing this technology to the public, and if it is really necessary.
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