Soo Kim 25FEB13 Gattaca: Ethical implication of genetic determinism. Genetic engineering‚ via cloning‚ eugenics‚ or manipulation of DNA‚ presents important and often chilling possibilities for the future of mankind. Of course‚ we can be comforted by the hope of Jesus Christ’s appearing before humankind is able to completely ensnare itself in its misapplication of knowledge. But we still give some thought to where the future could be heading‚ and how scientists who believe in random evolution
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“Determinism The doctrine that all events-physical‚ behavioral‚ and mental-are determined by specific causal factors that are potentially knowable” (APA‚ 2014). In peeling back this definition and correlating to the reading this week from Corey‚ I found this seemingly simple definition compresses such an extensive theory into a mighty comprehensive sentence. Theory of determinism‚ as promoted by Freud‚ establishes that human behavior is not based on free-will or choice but instead is an unconscious
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Environmental determinism is an idea that the physical environment influences human progress towards specific routes. Hippocrates‚ Airs‚ Water‚ and Places‚ and Jared Diamond’s‚ Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ each offer a view of environmental determinism and suggests a link between the physical environment and medical discourse and racial classification/inequality. Hippocrates Airs‚ Water‚ and Places was one of the first major works on environmental determinism. It concentrated on medical climatology‚
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According to Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis‚ psychic determinism is the concept that behavior doesn’t simply happen by chance. Instead‚ Freud theorized that there is almost always a reason for individual actions or behaviors. More specifically‚ he believed that the cause was the result of the unconscious. According to Cloninger (2013)‚ the unconscious mind is defined as a mental process that a person is not aware of. For example‚ traumatic events‚ such as the death of a loved one‚ are possibly
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defined to make it compatible with the theory of determinism‚ which essentially states that all actions have a causal explanation due to the state of the world in the moment previous. However‚ the definition is clearly inadequate due to the fundamental flaws of determinism and its failure to account for deliberation or personal choice. A superior alternative is offered by what Taylor calls the theory of agency‚ but is more commonly known as libertarianism. In discussing a theory one must start with
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“There is no one else who has spent this much money” (qtd. in J. Mayer 5) Charles and David Koch‚ referred to as the Koch brothers‚ have been operating the American government since the 1970s‚ funding lobbyists and investing in a “private political bank” supporting a carefully constructed group of wealthy conservatives in order to boost their ideologies into the American political system (Mayer 5). They amassed immense control over government officials and whole branches‚ bending them to their immediate
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should be given to the free will to make decisions‚ and in the end be punished for it. They believe life should be a learning experience. So did Anthony Burgess‚ the author of A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange argues that free will outweighs determinism as the ethical way to govern a society. “In Anthony Burgess’s nightmare vision of the future‚ where criminals take over after dark‚ the story is told by the central character‚ Alex‚ who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders
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Steinbeck places a lot of characters as having free will and determinism when in all truth they have none. The author uses stereotypes and discrimination to convey a message of how they are trapped. To quote a quite distinguished reader‚ “Characters are ‘trapped’ either by what others think of them‚ or by their situation.” A lot of the character’s feelings about themselves and what others think of them shows the extent of their freedom and determinism. The characters of this novel have very little to look
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"The Open Book": Determinism‚ Objectivity‚ and Pessimism In Stephen Crane’s short story "The Open Boat"‚ the American literary school of naturalism is used and three of the eight features are most apparent‚ making this work‚ in my opinion‚ a good example of the school of naturalism. These three of the eight features are determinism‚ objectivity‚ and pessimism. They show‚ some more than others‚ how Stephen Crane viewed the world and the environment around him. Determinism is of course the
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one of reasons why in America there seems to be a disproportional number of male CEOs to female CEOs. A Similar theory to essentialism is biological determinism. Biological determinism is a line of thought that explains social behavior in terms of who you are in the natural world. For example‚ someone who agrees with the idea of biological determinism may argue that biology dictates behavior. An example of this is the belief that males can’t help but to feel attracted to breasts. It’s in their blood
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