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scientific advancements is incorporated into the field of Eugenics. Eugenics can be considered a highly advanced, technological operation that scientifically corrects the human race until it becomes perfected. Over the course of several decades, Eugenics has been used to exterminate the ones who are deemed as unfit to be a part of the human race.…

It is within human nature to strive for perfection. To be the best we can be, and now humans are on the brink of discovering how to finally reach this “perfection” we desire through genetically modifying fetuses or in other words creating a designer baby. However, should we really turn to designer babies in our search for perfection? In my opinion I do not believe we should because there are so many unforeseen consequences of designer babies that we cannot comprehend. We may come across bacteria…

Sincere Selfhood It is fair to say that in today’s day and age our identity is often defined by rather shallow attributes such as name, age, or appearance. A common example would be the basic information, like height, weight, and home address that is required on a driver’s license. With that said, one could make the argument that these everyday societal formalities and public perceptions, which are mostly out of our control, do make up our full identity. However, identity is not something given…

The Difference in Frogs Humans are all under the same general specification of Homo sapiens, but they are all different from height all the way to thoughts. The same goes for any other types of species with the same universal name. Each are disparate like frogs for example. The term frog is a synonym to its more specific name: Amphibians. Both of these names are umbrella terms for these animals. Yet, there are many different varieties of frogs such as the Turtle Frog and the Clawed Frog.…

fulfill our desires, pushes us forwards to work harder, and go above and beyond to new heights, being the best possible version of ourselves. Motivation is, for the most part, associated with needs and has been instrumental in our understanding of human behavior; therefore, American psychologist David C. McClelland in 1961 contended that three psychological needs—achievement, affiliation, and power—form the basis of human motivation. An important aspect of the acquired needs theory is that…

As if flying cars were the future in the past, we are now looking at the possibility of giving birth to children with the genetic codes that we have chosen. This gives us new goals for our future as well as a new direction for us to point our technology to. A world with designer babies would be very much different than our present one. With designer babies we open the possibility of having a chance at finding life outside of earth, advance in our technology, which would even introduce the…

People have existed on earth for billions of years. Many species of animals and fish that do not have males as a part of their community, but instead, they have the ability to reproduce asexually. Even though males are not necessary for survival, Matt Ridley argues using different business references and nature examples to prove men are similar to animals by nature because that is how women bred them to be. Ridley uses a different style of writing to further prove his point of the essay. The…

between people of the human species. Some people look physically different whether it’s through their hair texture, height, or even skin tone. Personality, however, is what truly makes up a person. That is a fact that is exemplified in everyday activities. Oftentimes, even the most attractive person can be seen as ugly upon getting to know them. People across the globe show many behavioral differences that can be shaped by their cultural and socioeconomic influences. However, all humans have a…

that each human has a right to life, a child is a human at the moment of conception, and we have obligations to protect lives. Pro-choice arguments, or arguments supporting abortion, argue that a child’s life begins at birth, a woman has the ultimate…

I first watched the movie GATTACA in my tenth grade biology class. GATTACA is set in a “not so distant future”. The movie focuses on the controversial topic of human genetic engineering. The world in the movie 'GATTACA' is established on the foundations of eugenics. The world is divided not on money, race, or sexual orientation but on ones genes. Society and social status is between the “vailds”, the genetically…