The Idea of Progress, Ronan TS3

           The idea of progress

Ronan.Quiguer(Ts3)

Document 1: Movie “The sixth day” In this movie a father wants to clone his daughter's dog. A salesman wants to sell a cloned pet. He says there are many advantages like : -low prices -20% -as safe as real pets -they are insured But it's dangerous, and pets don’t have soul.

 Document 2: p62 “ Brave new world ? “ : “ Old man out ” In this picture there are four muscular men on a conveyor belt and one man who is different. He's skinny, short and weak. There is a giant claw that is grabbing the man in the middle and rejecting him. He will be thrown away in the skip in the foreground. In the bin we can see a lot of men with flaws. They have been rejected because of their shortcoming. It's an example of selective breeding or genetic engineering . Today most research in genetic engineering of humans is banned. The cartoonist might want to criticize selective breeding. His goal is that scientists will be likely to create the perfect man or woman.

Document 3 : p63 “ science babies “ They are inside a kind of glass egg, scientists will be to fabricate millions of identical “ twins” It's bad if there are no limit . A lot of people would disagree with this innovation, because we would not natural. This situation represent human stupidity because we would not have our own personality

 Document 4 :p64 “Design your baby “ There are two scientist who are trying to create a perfect baby but, they are using themselves as model . Genetic modification is reality today. It's a science fact. These scientific procedures are compared to a fast food order . Parents can choose their hair color, eye color, health and intelligence. Only rich can have better babies.