cdbdertmy Posté(e) le 6 mai 2014 Signaler Posté(e) le 6 mai 2014 I am going to talk about the idea of Progress. First of all I would like to give a definition of this notion : The idea of progress can be defined as an improvement, a development or a change like a technical, scientific or social advance which contributes to making the world a better place. I decided to talk about the scientific progress that touches ours society What effect does this scientific progress have on our society? Does it have a positive or a negative effect? Firstly I will talk about of the method of designer baby ¸ and after I will talk of the embryo screening technology called PGD I – Scientific progress For hundreds of years, research and experiences of many scientists has result in medical advances. First there is the method of designer baby. This technique is a good thing for parents who can't have children. However this technique is also use to save a first sick child. It enables to save human lives for ill people who are condemned as Jamie who has save her brother with stem cells from the umbilical cord in the text "Saviour sibling". But this has also many drawbacks. For example Anna, in the text "Designer baby” went to see a lawyer because she refused to give her sister a kidney even if she will die. She thinks that will never stop. The opinion of the two authors is opposite. So it is obviously an advance and human beings must always go forward in medical research. Nevertheless we may wonder about two things. Is it necessary to save a human life at any cost? At a moment when the world population is increasing at top speed, wouldn't it be "a solution" to resort to "natural selection" ? Then there is the embryo screening technology called PGD explains in the text "A boy or a girl”. She allows to diagnose genetic diseases. Today 70% of the foetal abnormalities are detected during the pregnancy whereas 25 years ago, only 16% were. She also allows to choose the sex of a baby. It could be dangerous for the balance of humankind. There is the risk of not having enough potential mothers for the survival of mankind, as it is the case in India with the text "India's girls go missing". As a conclusion, PGD is likely to be an advance, but to be used cautiously because it could be easy not to prevent the pernicious effects. One of the dangers might be to reach "eugenism". Why not imagine that one day, an embryo might be killed because once born, he won't be blue eyed? inferior to men. To conclude, scientific progress evolved every time. . However we should keep in mind that like in everything, there are advantages and inconvenients. Nothing is perfect and it is possible that we do many errors. Sometimes it is right and sometimes wrong. We must also not forget the moral aspect or consequences that the progress can have on people too. I have the feeling that it must have a limit based firstly on respect of living beings.
E-Bahut Jean B Posté(e) le 7 mai 2014 E-Bahut Signaler Posté(e) le 7 mai 2014 Bonjour, Tu dois être doté d'une certaine dose de culot doublée d'autant d'inconscience pour poster ici le copié-collé d'un texte déjà proposé par quelqu'un d'autre et corrigé par mes soins. Ainsi, tu te rends coupable de plagiat sans la moindre vergogne. Que la honte soit sur toi.
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