Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Quiz -- Chap. 1 A Clone is Born for Thursday 2/23

Quiz is on the first 6 pages of chapter one.

Please use the Google Books link for Clone: The Road to Dolly.

1. Dolly was born in a shed down the street from?

2. What genetic material was used to create Dolly?

3. Who is the ethicist and founder of the Hastings Center that described the awesome power of cloning?

4. When did the field of bioethics emerge?

5. Ian Wilmut made it clear he abhorred the very idea of...?

6. What are the basic questions that have plagued humanity since the dawn of mankind?


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  1. Alternate Quiz Questions:

    1. What date was Dolly born?

    2. Who was Dolly's creator?

    3. Among the range of events that change history, which type of events occur the least (and of which Dolly's birth is included)?

    4. The udder cell from a six year old sheep was fused with an egg from another sheep after first ___________________________?

    5. The udder cell's genes did what in the egg?

    6. After the field of bioethics emerged, scientists warned ethicists who made cloning premonitions that they were giving ______ a bad name.

    7. _____________, one of the founders of the bioethics movement, said that when ethicists wanted to discuss cloning they were brushed off: there was no real incentive for scientists to attempt cloning.

    8. Cloning forces us to think about what we mean by __________.

    9. Cloning brings us back to what ancient sins?

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  2. Discussion Questions:
    1. When thinking about the ethicists of this time when Dolly was created they were faced with constant repression. If you were a ethicist at this point in time do you think that you would force the topic into discussion and risk being shamed and harassed for thinking such way? Or would you keep to yourself and others who wanted to discuss it?

    2. What stands out to you as the best explanation as to why people are against human cloning?

    3. Would you be able to reconcile the thoughts of there being another genetically similar "you(s)" out in the world?

    4.Certain religions speak of "the soul" being part of the individual.Do you think that gets transferred or rather,copied, as well, or do you think it is separate and only connected to the original copy?

    5. When thinking about the Narcissistic implications laid down by the author by example of a parent adoring the qualities of their child... do you think that this implication of vanity is a biased idea from those that have not had children and do not understand the relationship of parent to child? Do you think there is more to it than vanity of one's features found in the offspring?

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    1. 3. I guess the only concerne I would have with a genetically identical person would be the potential breach in biometric information, such as fingerprints and genetic background.

      4. As far a souls go, I believe that all living organisms would each have an individual soul, or at the very least that the genome is not directly linked to the soul.

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  3. Alternative Quiz Questions:

    1. What was actions were used to commemorate Dolly's birth?

    2. What were some of the "few and unpredictable events" that changed history in the twentieth century, specifically in biology and medicine?

    3. What is the significance behind Dolly's name?

    4. What possibilities did Gaylin say to imagine with the "awesome power" of cloning?

    5. For what reasons did most scientists declare cloning "off-limits" for discussion?

    6. In a religious aspect, what is the hidden fear behind the idea of cloning that terrifies people?

    7. What is one of the philosophical questions revolving around the idea of the soul in regards to cloning?

    8. What does the author say weakens the ties between parents and their child?

    9. What notion does cloning force us to face in this age of entertainment, when philosophical and theological questions are disregarded due to depth and incomprehension?

    10. What is the medical potential of cloning that scientists dream of using?

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  4. 2. What stands out to you as the best explanation as to why people are against human cloning?

    As the book says, I think the main issues are doing so would potentially cause us to lose our sense of self. We cease to be individuals. And for some, it's a matter of fearing the "role of god" and making lesser humans. Mainly debate over the concept of soul.

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  5. Would you be able to reconcile the thoughts of there being another genetically similar "you(s)" out in the world?

    I think the idea of another me in the world who be novel and exciting at first, but then, as I was discussing with others, it would get to the point that my clone and I would inevitably live different lives and would have the need to experience the events of each others' lives. It also goes back to the idea of losing self and individuality.

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  6. 5. When thinking about the Narcissistic implications laid down by the author by example of a parent adoring the qualities of their child... do you think that this implication of vanity is a biased idea from those that have not had children and do not understand the relationship of parent to child? Do you think there is more to it than vanity of one's features found in the offspring?

    I don't think it's necessarily the "vanity" that causes parents to want offspring that resemble them. It's possible that parents want their children to look like them because it makes them feel more connected to their children. Or even that it bonds parent and offspring together which allows for a perhaps stronger will to raise the child due to that connection.

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