Development of Anna Fitzgerald Character – My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult school and last name deleted December 9‚ 2011 PSYCH1323 Adolescence development relies upon many factors. In order to accurately examine its growth‚ it is useful to look at some developmental theories. Anna Fitzgerald is thirteen years old; however‚ she is not like any other teenager with some ordinary problems. Anna was born for a specific purpose she was born to save her sister’s life and to serve as a matched
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Designer Babies Picture a young couple in a waiting room looking through a catalogue together. This catalogue is a little different from what you might expect. In this catalogue‚ specific traits for babies are being sold to couples to help them create the "perfect baby." This may seem like a bizarre scenario‚ but it may not be too far off in the future. Designing babies using genetic enhancement is an issue that is gaining more and more attention in the news. This controversial issue‚ once thought
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This article‚ Designer Babies‚ is said to be written by the Future of Human Evolution Team so some‚ but not all collaborators include Bradley LaChance‚ the executive director of the Center for Evolutionary Technologies where he researches human advancement through technological advancements. Also‚ Norell Hadzimichalis‚ who has a PhD in molecular biology and has done postdoctoral research in neuroscience labs. Her experience and education is very helpful in writing this article. In the article‚ both
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Designer Babies My interest in designer babies was first sparked by a book I was required to read in high school‚ Brave New World. For my class I was required to do a little research on this book‚ and as I was searching the Internet I came across a website on designer babies. Although Brave New World is not a book about designer babies‚ the altering of human genes described in the book is a concept very similar to designer babies. The possibility of a society made up of genetically altered humans
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“Mom! Why was I not a designer baby?” “Well‚ sweetie‚ your father and I did not have the money to design our own child like all of our friends were doing at the time.” “I’m not as smart as all of the other kids in my class. I cannot run as fast as they can‚ and I cannot play an instrument like all of them can. I’m stupid! And it is because you did not design me to be any of those things‚ so now I am not good at anything!” Sadly‚ this is probably what the world’s new generation of children would
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Pros and Cons of Designer Babies Designer babies are babies‚ whose genetic makeup has been artificially screened and chosen by scientists‚ via genetic engineering. This concept has raised numerous ethical issues. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of designer babies. Did You Know? The term ’designer baby’ was actually coined by journalists and not scientists. The term ’designer baby’ made its entry into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004‚ where it is defined as "a baby whose genetic makeup
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It changes babies’ genes to make them different than their parent’s ethnic genes. The affect of it maybe clearly seen in some countries ‚where some races other than the white race are mostly not satisfied about their racial features. it can happen to them due to being
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Designer Babies Couples help out one another when it comes to making decisions whether its deciding on dinner or picking out floor plans for a new home. But now technology has a way for couples to pick out there babies genetics and design there perfect baby. "Designing babies using genetic enhancement is an issue that is gaining attention in the news." ("Debating ’designer babies’") This controversial issue‚ is causing people to think about moral issues surrounding genetic
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more options in which to have a child. Designer babies are becoming an increasing choice for soon to be parents. With these designer babies‚ they have the ability to breed the best possible child which is called eugenic engineering. Some of the advantages of designer babies are identifying diseases to a child‚ choosing the sex of the child and even creating the physical appearance. The only thing standing in front of it is a question. Are creating designer babies ethical? When having a child‚ one of
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of. No‚ this menu is at a medical clinic and it’s the menu to your new customized “designer baby”. Technology has advanced so much in the past couple years that this situation could happen very soon. If not in your lifetime‚ then in that of your children’s. What is a “designer baby”? It’s exactly as the words imply; a baby genetically modified to what the parents call “the perfect baby”. Today‚ the sex of the baby‚ the hair color‚ and the eye color can all be modified to the choice of the parent
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