Monday, 8 April 2013

Cons of Designer Babies


Cons

Designer babies could lead to the further division of the socio-economic strata.

Having a designer baby requires a large sum of money to be invested so that doctors can produce the ideal child for the parents with all the desirable characteristics and cosmetic appearances. Only the rich would be able to afford the 'luxury' and 'freedom' to choose the features that they want their child to have and this could possibly lead to the invention of a flawless generation of perfect children that are not only born rich but also have a superior advantage over the poorer people, be it in terms of physical attractiveness, fitness or even intelligence. This would intensify the gap between the rich and the poor because the rich simply gets richer and more powerful while the poor remains poor and stuck with their natural traits and abilities. Thus, it would be more challenging and difficulty for them to get out of the rat race as they need to possess higher intelligence and greater abilities to overcome the power class of the designer babies. 

Designer babies would further intensify the superficiality in the society.

Today's modern society has been already deeply concerned with their looks, with rising number of people seeking help from plastic surgeons to correct their looks or to make them look more attractive and appealing. Now, with the invention of designer babies and the likelihood for parents to choose the desirable features of their child, it could only lead to human beings to further dwell in the endless chase for the perfect appearance. Designer babies could lead to the overwhelming response of a certain feature that are deem more valuable as compared to other features and the poorer population that are born naturally with that certain undesirable feature would likely be discriminated by others. This could also lead to these normal kids to feel inferior of their appearances, causing them to lose confidence and hope which would lead to a viscous cycle because the rich would just look nicer and better while the poor just stays the same.

Designer babies are not guaranteed a success and it is not a natural process of life.

With all the hopes raised for designer babies, parents that could afford it may be waiting in anticipation for the arrival of the perfect child. But because designer babies are a new invention, there would be no guarantee on whether the child would really be able to have the desirable features that the parents chose. Apart from not fully getting the ideal results, there could also be the possibility that other health complications could arise in the designer babies. What would happen to the child if he/she was not considered perfect to the parents? The parents cannot reject or refund the baby like they could when they do not fancy a designer product after purchasing it. After all, we are talking about a life. Shouldn't parents just appreciate the natural process of having a child and love the child as he/she is? The joy of having children is the excitement and anticipation of wondering what the child would look like and having a bunch of kids that are genetically similar to the parents. Children are gifts from God, regardless of whether they are 'perfect' or not and parents should just appreciate the fact that they are able to have kids and produce human beings that look like them because this could be one of the true values of being a parent. 

http://designerbabies-jtcc.blogspot.com/2009/06/designer-babies-good-or-bad_10.html

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8 comments:

  1. Sherissa Chua11 April 2013 at 05:00

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  2. Sherissa Chua11 April 2013 at 05:05

    There are a few questions that I want to ask:
    1. Is the research article that you have found written by a reliable/trustworthy/expert author?
    2. How would you prove this article to be reliable, if the author is only writing about his overall views on this article?

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    1. Charlotte19 April 2013 at 07:36

      1. It's taken from a blog I found, so it might not be as trustworthy as if it came from a professional.
      2. This is from the author's point of view, so we can just take it as a view to consider.

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  3. Sheryln11 April 2013 at 07:07

    -What has the author to make you trust this article that he/she has written?
    -Do you think that this the information is just the author's own point of view or is it a reliable fact that the author has researched on?
    -Why do you think the author did not include any factual evidences to support the point? could it be that this is just his/her own point of view on PGD? if so,how is it reliable?
    -What do you think is the author's purpose for writing this article?

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    1. Charlotte21 April 2013 at 06:24

      2. It is just the author's point of view.
      3. It is only reliable if you want to know different views on PGD, but it is not a reliable source if you need accurate information on PGD.
      4. His purpose is to convince people that society would be badly affected if PGD was easily accessible to the public.

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  4. Sheryln11 April 2013 at 07:08

    -What do you think is the author's purpose of writing this article?

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  5. Xiang Jie13 April 2013 at 06:44

    Questions:
    1. Who wrote this article?
    2. In the second paragraph,it is stated in the article that there is a rising number of people going for plastic surgery. Are there evidences such as statistics to prove this point?
    3. Do you think that the author's point of view is biased towards only the cons?

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    1. Charlotte21 April 2013 at 06:39

      1.A blogger that blogs about science.
      2.There is no such statistics to prove that point, so the rising number of people is not a reliable fact.
      3.He is biased towards the negative side of PGD, so the article would not be as reliable.

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