Dr. Adam Johns
For my final project I plan on writing an essay based on the nature versus nurture argument. I want to determine if nurture is completely taking over human development and not leaving anything up to nature. By nurture I mean our parents, the culture we are growing up in, and technology. I plan to use genetic engineering as an example of how nature will no longer play a role and the dangers of it. I will also discuss whether or not the lack of nature's influence will be beneficial to humans and why. I will include examples from several readings this semester such as McKibben and Joy along with examples I find from books and articles in the library and online.
Bibliography:
"Genes and Identity: Human Genetic Engineering | Learn Science at Scitable." Nature Publishing Group : science journals, jobs, and information. 15 Mar. 2009
Newton, David E. Social Issues in Science and Technology : An Encyclopedia /. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
1 comment:
Your topic obviously has some similarities to the one we talked about in class, and there's a similar danger here: you seem to be sitting on the fence in relationship with a very large and complicated argument. How do you focus it a little? One possibility is to clearly assert, from the beginning, that the pending elimination of nature in favor of nurture (which is an interesting although not obvious way of understanding genetic engineering) is a wonderful/terrible thing - establish a clear position on whether eliminating nature in favor of nurture is a good thing.
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