PHLB07H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Great Range, The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking, Prenatal Vitamins
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Week 12 lecture #21: monday march 20, 2017. Genetic engineering and human enhancement francis kamm. Good resource of objection in kamm"s paper. Main arguments and materials that we cover. What"s going to be on the exam, will most likely finish review on monday. What key features of our moral landscape would we forsake in turning from an ethic of giftedness to willfulness by embracing genetic enhancement (438): humility, responsibility, solidarity. Humility: in a social world that prizes mastery and control, parenthood is a school for humility. That we care deeply about our children and yet cannot choose the kind we want teaches parents to be open to the unbidden. Such openness is a disposition worth affirming, not only within families, but in the wider world as well. It invites us to abide the unexpected, to live with dissonance, to rein in the impulse to control. (sandel 439) Giftedness: valuing aspects in our lives that we can"t control/ not of choice.
