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Read the directions document and Answer all the question & Please use simple words:
Julian Sivulescu “Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Enhancements of Human
Beings”
1. Silvulescu argues that ‘biological enhancement’ in no different than dieting. Is he convincing?
Why or Why not? Give reasons for your answers. 2. Sivulescu argues that there is no moral difference between “producing a smarter child by
immersing that child in a stimulating environment, giving the child a drug or directly altering the
child’s brain genes.” Do you agree or disagree? Give reason for your answer. 3. Sivulescu suggests we can improve the moral behavior of human beings through genetic
alteration. Is this a good idea? Why or why not? Give reasons for your answer.
Michael Sandel “Designer Babies: The Problem With Genetic Engineering” 4. a) According to Sandel, What do some people say was the “only” thing wrong with the
Eugenics movement in the early 20th century? b) What does Sandel think is wrong with eugenics “beyond coercion?” 5. a) What “makes us most uneasy” about using genetic engineering to improve children? b) What recognition is connected to the uneasiness mentioned in 5 a)? c) What does the “recognition” in 5b) say about “everything” we are? d) Do you agree or disagree with Sandel in his argument in 5a) – 5c)? Give reasons for your
answer. 6. What does Sandel mean to accept children as “gifts?” 7. Sivulescu argues thee was no difference between medical intervention to cure disease and
genetic enhancement that improves children. Sandel disagres arguing that the similarity
between those two approaches “highlights” a problem. What is that problem? 8. According to Sandel, what does humility teach us about being parents? 9. According to Sandel, how would genetic improvement lead to a diminished sense of
solidarity [ the feeling that we are all in this together] “with the less fortunate?” 10. Who is more convincing, Sivulescu or Sandel? Give reasons for your answer?
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