PHILOS 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Andrew Niccol, Gattaca
15 May 2018
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Friday, January 26, 2018
Philosophical Critiques of Eugenics
Subject!
-Therapy-Enhancement dichotomy!
ā¢moral signiļ¬cance!
ā¢Dystopian visions of liberal eugenics !
-Gattaca (1997), Andrew Niccol!
ā¢4 nuclear bases of DNA, guanine, adenine, cytosine, thymine !
ā¢illustrates the potential disadvantages of being non-enhanced in an enhanced
society !
ā¢Prevention of things with single gene causes!
-gene therapy to eliminate such diseases !
-Pre birth genetic diagnosis!
-Are we allowed to remove these genes?!
ā¢Selection of sex?!
-Canada has banned it!
ā¢Themes of gattaca!
-Choice vs chance in human reproduction!
ā¢juxtaposing embryo modiļ¬cation and selection through pre-implantation
genetic diagnosis and natural reproduction (referred to as āfaith birthā)!
-Genetic discrimination!
ā¢Illegal (genoism) but widely practiced (e.g. buy insurance companies,
employers, etc.)!
-Free will vs. biological determinism!
ā¢āThere is no gene for the human spiritā is gattacaās overarching theme!
-āgenohypeā !
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Document Summary
Therapy-enhancement dichotomy: moral signi cance, dystopian visions of liberal eugenics. Gattaca (1997), andrew niccol: 4 nuclear bases of dna, guanine, adenine, cytosine, thymine, illustrates the potential disadvantages of being non-enhanced in an enhanced society, prevention of things with single gene causes. Canada has banned it: themes of gattaca. Choice vs chance in human reproduction: juxtaposing embryo modi cation and selection through pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and natural reproduction (referred to as faith birth ) Genetic discrimination: illegal (genoism) but widely practiced (e. g. buy insurance companies, employers, etc. ) Free will vs. biological determinism: there is no gene for the human spirit is gattaca"s overarching theme. #1: a term used by neil holtzman (1999) to describe the discourse of exaggerated claims and overstatements concerning the human genome. Friday, january 26, 2018: angelina jolie"s case. Authoritarian vs. liberal eugenics -human enhancement debate: example- sterilizing women with mental health issues, 1920-30s obsession with the pure race, pure breed, social darwinism, authoritarian eugenics.
