I read the article titled “Choose Your Own Identity” by Bonnie Tsui. The author starts off by using a personal anecdote about her son and that he should consider what his race should be(White or Asian). She states ”It wasn’t until 2000 that the Census Bureau started letting people choose more than one race category to describe themselves‚ and it still only recognizes five standard racial categories: white‚ black/African-American‚ American Indian/Alaska Native‚ Asian‚ Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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Women in today ’s society have a much louder voice; meaning they have more respect‚ and are greatly appreciated for what they do‚ compared to Yackel ’s 1975 essay. Bonnie Smith-Yackel ’s essay makes a statement about how society values‚ and appreciates women and the way they work dating back to the 1920 ’s. Most things having to do with women working or anybody for that matter have changed for the better since then‚ but sadly some things still remain the same. Yackel begins her essay with a call
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My Mother Never Worked In the essay "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel recalls the time when she called Social Security to claim her mother’s death benefits. Social Security put’s Smith-Yackel on hold so they can check their records on her mother. While waiting‚ she remembers a lot of things her mother did‚ and the compassion her mother felt towards her husband and children. When Social Security returns to the phone‚ they tell Smith-Yackel that she could not receive her mother’s
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how it could advance medicine in incredible ways‚ there remains the issue of whether finding a cure using human embryos is ethically sound. The answer to this question is heavily dependent on what status society should accord to the human embryo. Bonnie Steinbock’s “The science‚ policy‚ and ethics of stem cell research” is an article published on Reproductive BioMedicine Online that digs deep into this ongoing ethical conflict.
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a certain gene is or is not present. This concept brings about many questions regarding the safety and the ethics of choosing specific traits for a child. The articles “The art of medicine: Designer babies: Choosing our children’s genes‚” by Bonnie Steinbock and “Children to
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Norcross believes Steinbock’s argument in favor of speciesism fails. Why does he reject her view? And on what grounds does he believe that animals are required to be given full moral status? Alastair Norcross rejects Steinbocks argument out of hand. He states “…the claim is that human interests and/or rights are stronger or more important than those of animals‚ because humans possess a kind and level of rationality not possessed by animals. How much of our current behavior
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In the novel “The Giver”‚ the author shows of a world with all people equal. Everyone had brown eyes‚ brown hair‚ and light skin. This story takes place far in the future‚ when the leaders of the world choose that equality and safety will force the world into utopia. However‚ this world is no utopia. Genetic scientists create people to have no feelings and to look all the same. Imagine a life with no feelings‚ everyone looking the same‚ going through the same exact routine everyday‚ not even being
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Evaluating Adultery Bonnie Steinbock in her essay “What’s Wrong with Adultery?” starts by quoting the data from studies to show that the number of women who have committed adultery has significantly increased. Despite this increase in female adultery‚ it is in some degree due to the attitudes changing toward sex and sexuality‚ but Steinbock thinks that people should use rational justification to evaluate the disapproval of adultery. Then in the rest of the parts of Steinbock’s essay‚ she is generally
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She stressed that marriage is a mutual committed that both parties knew the promises they made to the other person. Steinbock brings up the kinds of physical and emotional adultery and goes in to explain that it is more than just a promise broken the weight of the commitment is devastating when
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Amaral 1 Alex Amaral English III Ms. Sipars 21 December 2014 Designer Babies For the Future Parents care for their children and always want the best for them‚ this children’s author knows that‚ “Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone‚ even ourselves.” Polly Berrien Berends‚ a children’s author and editor‚ expresses the love and willingness that parents have towards their children. The issue of designer babies today is in the hands of the FDA
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