(From article)
1. What is the definition of a "Designer Baby"?
2. What was the result of introducing the gene NR2B into the mice genome?
3. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is used by _______?
4. What is another method that could be used to create a designer baby?
5. T/F Some think we should reject genetic enhancement because of its connection with the eugenics programs promoted by the Nazis
(From video)
6. Someone with no genetic modifications would be called a _____.
7. What genetic modification technology was used to create "Jenna"?
8. T/F GM kids would have lower medical cost.
9. Name an issue that a designer baby could have.
Discussion Questions
1. What impact do you think a community of genetically modified humans will have on society?
2. Should there be regulations on the genes that a parent can modify in an unborn child?
3. What effect do you think having a designer baby will have on parenting?
I still think there's going to be anti-crispers who insist that they'll never get a genetically modified baby because it allegedly causes ADHD or schizophrenia or psychopathy or whatever.
ReplyDeleteHopefully there won't be any predjudice to or from Crispy kids, but there could be. Rarely does a generation get a long with their progenitors as a whole, and this has potential to give them a "master race" mentality. Still seems worth it, we just need to make sure the wheel of time doesn't crush us.
Two good discussions of these issues: Bill McKibben's "Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age," and "The Case Against Perfection" by Michael Sandel.
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