The idea of progress

[Lyysa]

Boujour, pouvez-vous me corriger ma notion d'anglais sur l'idée du progrès s'il vous plait ? merci beaucoup d'avance

 

Introduction:

I'm going to talk about the notion "The idea of progress" which consists in making us believe that the world can become better in several areas and that it has shaped most of our vision of the history of western civilization . Progress consists of changes that represent evolution. This evolution has been accentuated in recent years in technology, social, scientific, etc. However, such developments raise questions about the possible consequences on the future as well as the excesses of the consumer society of today. Here, we will focus on the evolution of eugenics and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

To argue the definition of the concept, I will use the following documents: Clones r us, design babies, china's two child policy, My sister's keeper by Nick Cassavetes, Britain says yes to 3 parent babies, Globe online (text A), Today (text B).

At first we will see the positive aspect of the selective creation of children then in a second time we will observe the negative aspect of this creation

What are the positive and negative effects of scientific progress?

What are the positive and negative effects of the evolution of eugenics and preimplantation genetic diagnosis?

 

For years, we have hoped that one day we will be able to save the world from the death that threatens every person every day to finally die in peace, quietly. For this, some doctors have started this process by inventing the "PGD" which consists in eliminating almost all the diseases transmitted genetically from parents to children. This procedure makes it possible to detect the sick embryo before it is fertilized and to choose one that has no chance of carrying a disease.

In text A of CHS Globe Online published in 2010, the article written informs us that using the "PGD" procedure scientists can now accurately predict certain genetic diseases in potential embryos, ensuring that the disease chosen is healthy. It is a chance for the people to save the world. This process is scientific progress. Nevertheless, "PGD" is a revolutionary technique which is explained in different ways as through texts, reports or even in articles.

For example, in the report entitled "Designer babies", a journalist explains to us that thanks to the "PGD", Dr. Steinberg will also help Designer babies: thanks to Dr. Steinberg and the "PGD" couples can choose an embryo which n has no trace of communicable genetic diseases

Just like the article "Britain says yes to 3-parent babies" in which it is said that to stop the transmission of diseases from a mother to her newborn. The first one who could benefit from this, could be born from the DNA of three different people. This technique will help families with mitochondrial diseases. However, this would open the door to the genetic modification of children and "designer babies".

In addition, the "PGD" is not used that way there. In the film "My sister keeper", a doctor proposed to a family to make a third child who would be identical to their daughter, Kate, seriously ill to save her. So the parents decided to create Anna in order to heal her sister.

Finally, another family is in the same situation as that in the film. Molly's family in the article published in "Today" in 2010 decided to have a new baby in order to save their seriously ill daughter. Her only chance was to be saved by someone compatible with her. Only the only person who can save her is a genetically compatible brother or sister. For this, doctors used the "PGD" procedure and gave birth to their second child, Adam, who then became the first case of the embryo chosen.

The evolution of scientific progress towards methods making it possible to cure or stop the transmission of diseases develop from year to year then advancing towards the possibility of a perfect future. However, this procedure or eugenics have not only positive sides but also have harmful negative aspects.

 

While the "PGD" procedure allows couples to have children who are not likely to be carriers of diseases, it has evolved over time to be able to accept parents to be able to choose the characteristics of their baby. (color of eyes, hair, ...) as in text A. At the beginning a person chosen as at the market the physical and psychological qualities of his child. So in wanting to save babies, the "PGD" has bad destructive consequences for the world and especially for the children themselves. Just like in the "Designer babies" report. Couples will soon have the possibility of choosing certain characteristics of their future baby to satisfy their desires to obtain a baby as they have always wanted to have thanks to the "PGD". While Dr. Steinberg sees this favorably, Dr. Caplan notes the dangers and selfishness in this procedure. The "PGD" has bad intentions.

In the film "My sister's keeper" as well as in text B: a child was specially created to save the other child from the seriously ill couple using the "PGD" procedure. Unfortunately, even if it is for a good reason, this procedure has a negative effect on families because this choice has its share of selfishness. Their second child was not wanted for natural reasons but for reasons that seem to be right when at bottom they are unhealthy. Only, when these babies are aware of their choices, they will be able to choose whether or not they want to have an operation. We can therefore say that the "PGD" scientific progress which does not necessarily have good consequences.

Developments in the world come in different forms and are not for the well being of people but to respect the desires of society as in the report "China's two child policy". Society has forced Chinese couples to have the right to have a maximum of two children (a girl and a boy). The advantage, in this case, is to succeed in reducing the Chinese population but also because the population is old. However, the downside is that if couples have more than two children, they will have to make a choice, such as an abortion, in order to succeed in not breaking the norm imposed by society. This is part of eugenics which demonstrates that it is a collective result in a society where the search for "the perfect child" would take precedence.

This example also refers to the caricature "Clones r us" in which we can deduce that society expresses its wish to see people who are all alike and who enter into the mores. They do not want a person to stand out by being original so as not to be rejected by others. But this caricature is a kind of threat to make people understand that they must be listened to so that society does not put them aside.

Using these examples we have been able to see that this evolution as well as eugenics are part of history which have good and bad consequences on the future.

 

In conclusion, I have just studied 7 documents demonstrating the effects of the evolution of scientific progress constituting the notion "The idea of progress". Indeed, in my first part we have seen that the evolution of eugenics as well as the creation of preimplantation genetic diagnosis on both positive and negative sides. These advances have made it possible not to be rejected by society but also to completely stop the transmission of genetic and fatal diseases. Trough these examples we have seen that we hope that one day we can eradicate all communicable diseases and save a lot of people.

In my second part, we saw that however the development of certain techniques as well as eugenics also has negative aspects which can become harmful for the people concerned by this and the world around them. Some people are used to save diseases, parents abuse the "PGD" to satisfy their wish or even to prohibit the creation of a number of children to respect the desire of society to save their world. These two aspects demonstrate the underside of scientific progress and that even if there are positive effects, there are inevitably harmful consequences due to the development of selective creation of children.

 

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

Introduction:

I'm going to talk about the notion "The idea of progress" which consists in making us believe that the world can become better in several areas and that it has shaped most of our vision of the history of western civilization . Progress consists of changes that represent evolution. This evolution has been accentuated in recent years in technology, social life, science, etc. <Ton énumération commençant par un nom, il fallait la continuer par des noms. However, such developments raise questions about the possible consequences on the future as well as the excesses of the today’s consumer society of today. Here we will focus on the evolution of eugenics and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

To argue the definition of the concept, I will use the following documents: Clones r us, Design babies, China's two child policy, My sister's keeper by Nick Cassavetes, Britain says yes to 3 parent babies, Globe online (text A), Today (text B).

At first we will see the positive aspect of the selective creation of children then in a second time part we will observe the negative aspect of this creation

What are the positive and negative effects of scientific progress?

What are the positive and negative effects of the evolution of eugenics and preimplantation genetic diagnosis?

  For years, we have hoped that one day we will be able to save the world from the death that threatens every person every day to finally die in peace, quietly. For this, some doctors have started this process by inventing the "PGD" which consists in eliminating almost all the diseases transmitted genetically from parents to children. This procedure makes it possible to detect the sick embryo before it is fertilized and to choose one that has no chance of carrying a disease.

In text A of CHS Globe Online published in 2010, the article written informs us that using the "PGD" procedure scientists can now accurately predict certain genetic diseases in potential embryos, ensuring that the disease chosen embryo <Je suppose is healthy. It is a chance for the people to save the world. This process is scientific progress. Nevertheless, "PGD" is a revolutionary technique which is explained in different ways such as through texts, reports or even in articles.

For example, in the report entitled "Designer babies", a journalist explains to us that thanks to the "PGD", Dr. Steinberg will also help Designer babies: thanks to Dr. Steinberg <N’aurais-tu rien sauté en recopiant ?> and the "PGD" couples can choose an embryo which n has no trace of communicable genetic diseases

Just like the article "Britain says yes to 3-parent babies" in which it is said that to stop the transmission of diseases from a mother to her newborn. The first one who could benefit from this could be born from the DNA of three different people. This technique will help families with mitochondrial diseases. However, this would open the door to the genetic modification of children and "designer babies".

In addition, the "PGD" is not used that way there. In the film "My sister keeper", a doctor suggested/proposed to a family to make a third child who would be identical to their seriously ill daughter, Kate, in order to save her. So the parents decided to create Anna in order to heal her sister.

Finally, another family is in the same situation as the one in the film. Molly's family in the article published in "Today" in 2010 decided to have a new baby in order to save their seriously ill daughter. Her only chance was to be saved by someone compatible with her. Only the only person who can save her is a genetically compatible brother or sister. For this, doctors used the "PGD" procedure and gave birth to their second child, Adam, who then became the first case of the embryo chosen.

The evolution of scientific progress towards methods making it possible to cure or stop the transmission of diseases develops <Sauf erreur, le groupe sujet « The evolution of scientific progress » est un singulier from year to year then advancing towards the possibility of a perfect future. However, this procedure or eugenics have has not only positive sides but also have harmful, negative aspects.

 

While the "PGD" procedure allows couples to have children who are not likely to be carriers of diseases, it has evolved over time to be able to accept parents to be able to choose the characteristics of their baby. (color of eyes, hair, ...) as in text A. At the beginning a person chosen as at the market chose the physical and psychological qualities of his child as if he were at the market. So in by wanting to save babies, the "PGD" has bad, destructive consequences for the world and especially for the children themselves. Just like in the "Designer babies" report. Couples will soon have the possibility of choosing certain characteristics of their future baby to satisfy their desires to obtain a baby as they have always wanted to have thanks to the "PGD". While Dr. Steinberg sees this favorably, Dr. Caplan notes the dangers and selfishness in this procedure. The "PGD" has bad intentions.

In the film "My sister's keeper" as well as in text B: a child was specially created to save the other child from the seriously ill couple using the "PGD" procedure. Unfortunately, even if it is for a good reason, this procedure has a negative effect on families because this choice has its share of selfishness. Their second child was not wanted for natural reasons but for reasons that seem to be right when at bottom they are unhealthy in fact. Only, when these babies are aware of their choices, they will be able to choose whether or not they want to have an operation. We can therefore say that the "PGD" scientific progress which does not necessarily have good consequences.

Developments in the world come in different forms and are not for the well-being of people but to respect the desires of society as in the report "China's two child policy". Society has forced Chinese couples to have the right to have a maximum of two children (a girl and a boy). The advantage, in this case, is to succeed in reducing the Chinese population but also because the population is old. However, the downside is that if couples have more than two children, they will have to make a choice, such as an abortion, in order to succeed in not breaking the norm imposed by society. This is part of eugenics which demonstrates that it is a collective result in a society where the search for "the perfect child" would take precedence.

This example also refers to the caricature "Clones r us" in which we can deduce that society expresses its wish to see people who are all alike and who enter into the mores. They do not want a person to stand out by being original so as not to be rejected by others. But this caricature is a kind of threat to make people understand that they must be listened to so that society does not put them aside.

Using these examples we have been able to see that this evolution as well as eugenics are part of history which have good and bad consequences on the future.

  In conclusion, I have just studied 7 documents demonstrating the effects of the evolution of scientific progress constituting the notion "The idea of progress". Indeed, in my first part we have seen that the evolution of eugenics as well as the creation of preimplantation genetic diagnosis on have both positive and negative sides. These advances have made it possible not to be rejected by society but also to completely stop the transmission of genetic and fatal diseases. Through these examples we have seen that we hope that one day we can eradicate all communicable diseases and save a lot of people.

In my second part however, we saw that the development of certain techniques as well as eugenics also has negative aspects which can become harmful for the people concerned by this and the world around them. Some people are used to save diseases, parents abuse the misuse "PGD" to satisfy their wish or even to prohibit the creation of a number of children to respect the desire of society to save their world. These two aspects demonstrate the underside of scientific progress and that even if there are positive effects, there are inevitably harmful consequences due to the development of selective creation of children.

Même remarque que précédemment : tu abuses des phrases à rallonge, ce qui alourdit le style et crée le risque d’interprétations erronées.