{"product_id":"contemporary-moral-and-social-issues-an-introduction-through-original-fiction-discussion-and-readings-blackwell-philosophy-anthologies-9781118625408","title":"Contemporary Moral and Social Issues An","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Moral and Social Issues makes innovative use of fiction as a vehicle for engaging students to think philosophically about ethical issues. The first three chapters provide a general dialogue on value theory, moral theory, and moral issues in politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xv  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction: Values 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Fiction: 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Too Much.” A young teacher and mother is thinking about her life as she sorts through the mailings from the opposing causes supported by her parents and in-laws 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Discussion: 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Too Much” 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Values 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome distinctions 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHappiness as the ultimate personal value 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHappiness research 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther personal values 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Values 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral values\/issues in the story 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat are moral values 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiased moral reasoning 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Readings: 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaudia Wallis writes about the “new science of happiness” 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Nozick discusses his case of the “experience machine” 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Glover discusses the dual values of happiness and flourishing 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatrick Grim asks what makes a life good, distinguishing between “lives to envy” and “lives to admire” 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouis P. Pojman, Richard Joyce and Shaun Nichols give their views on what morality is 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Haidt discusses biases in our moral reasoning 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Moral Theory 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Fiction: 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Long Live the King.” A fable about townspeople wondering how they should live when messages from the King become confusing, even contradictory 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Discussion: 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Long Live the King” 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious ethics 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod and the good 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe God perspective 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarianism and rights 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarianism 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA first look at rights 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe idealized human perspective 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle and virtue ethics 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant and universalizability 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRawls and the ideal agent 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe unidealized human perspective 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary ethics 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic social contract theory 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral libertarianism 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: moral relativism 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s supposed to be relative? 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural relativism 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividual relativism\/moral subjectivism 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Readings: 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeremy Bentham presents a classic statement of the principle of utility 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Stuart Mill argues that there are higher and lower forms of happiness 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer discusses what ethics is and offers a justification for a utilitarian ethic 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant argues that ethics is based on “the categorical imperative” 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Rawls argues that from an original position of equality we would reject utilitarianism in favor of his two principles of justice 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Nozick discusses the moral principles behind his political libertarianism 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeremy Waldron discusses the concept of human rights and gives an argument for “welfare rights” 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle analyzes happiness as a life lived according to virtue 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Haidt discusses virtue ethics in the context of positive psychology 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Grimshaw discusses the idea of a female ethic, reviewing some contemporary writers on the subject 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimon Blackburn warns against confusions we should avoid if we read popular literature on ethics and evolution 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Lakoff describes two forms of Christianity that parallel two different models of the family 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Rachels discusses “the challenge of cultural relativism” 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Morality and Politics 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Fiction: 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Divided States of America.” In the middle of the tumultuous twenty-first century, the United States has split into four separate districts based on liberalism, conservativism, libertarianism and socialism 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Discussion: 130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Divided States of America” 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminary issues 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorality and free markets 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion in the public square 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour political philosophies 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLibertarianism 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservatism 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberalism 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Readings: 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJerry Z. Muller defines capitalism and talks about some of the tensions between capitalism and democracy 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFareed Zakaria analyzes the two strands of “liberal democracy”—democracy and constitutional liberalism 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoah Feldman discusses the origins of the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Hospers discusses libertarianism 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatrick N. Allitt discusses conservativism 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Starr discusses liberalism 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Self discusses socialism 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV World Poverty 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Fiction: 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The River.” A man, living alone in a jungle outpost, is confronted by an increasing number of refugees appearing on the opposite bank of a turbulent river, refugees who will starve unless he ferries them across 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Discussion: 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The River” 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts and factual issues 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld poverty: basic facts 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinancial aid and economic growth 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood aid and the “Green Revolution” 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying to find out what works 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat, if anything, can individuals do to help? 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer: we owe much to the world’s poor 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinger’s Shallow Pond argument 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSympathetic critiques and alternate proposals 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLibertarians: we owe nothing to the world’s poor 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments of libertarians and social contract theorists 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePogge: obligations even on libertarian principles 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and aiding the poor 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Readings: 204\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicholas D. Kristof discusses the failures and successes of foreign aid 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss the debate on world poverty and the need for controlled trials to see what interventions work 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer argues that to live a morally decent life, the well-off would have to give most of what they have to the world’s poor 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKwame Anthony Appiah argues that we do not owe so much to strangers as Singer claims 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJan Narveson, a Libertarian, argues that feeding the hungry is not an obligation 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Pogge argues that even on libertarian principles the West has some responsibility for alleviating world poverty 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJim Wallis talks about biblical injunctions to help the poor 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Abortion 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Fiction: 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Blessing of the Blastocysts.” A future disaster leads to the gestation of all human fetuses outside the womb 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Discussion: 236\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Blessing of the Blastocysts” 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts and factual issues 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbortion: definition and statistics 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbortion methods 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment of the embryo\/fetus 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal status of abortion 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious positions 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic opinion 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe complexity of the abortion issue 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA range of positions 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe moral versus the legal 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractical means to reducing abortion 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo central moral issues 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe moral status of the fetus 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFetal development and moral status 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePro-life arguments re fetal status 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePro-choice arguments re fetal status 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate-position arguments re fetal status 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflicting claims of the mother versus the fetus 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Readings: 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoger A. Paynter discusses different interpretations of what the Bible has to say about abortion 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn T. Noonan, Jr. argues that abortion is morally wrong 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Ann Warren argues that fetuses don’t qualify as persons with a right to life 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGregg Easterbrook argues that third-trimester abortions—but those only—should be tightly restricted 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Jarvis Thomson argues that even if it were granted that the fetus is a person, many abortions can still be justified in terms of the rights of the mother 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoel Feinberg and Barbara Baum Levenbook consider the claim that even if the fetus is a person, the interests of the mother justify abortion in many cases 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJane English thinks a moderate position on abortion can be justified, whether or not the fetus is conceived as a person 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Animals 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Fiction: 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Trainers.” An alien race has saved and nurtured a remnant of humanity that survived a nuclear holocaust. The humans are now thriving on a South Sea island. But, as the alien narrator says, “salvation always comes at a price” 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Discussion: 286\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Trainers” 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts and factual issues 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch animals 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactory farming 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree moral views regarding our use of animals 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimal minds 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePro-Status Quo views 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimal Welfare views 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbolitionist views 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Speciesist Critique 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinger and utilitarianism 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegan and animal rights 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Readings: 306\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid DeGrazia presents the case for animals feeling pain 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Nozick asks what moral constraints there are, if any, on the behavior of humans toward animals 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer argues that all creatures who are capable of suffering are entitled to equal concern 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTom Regan argues the case for animal rights 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarl Cohen defends the use of animals in medical research 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew Scully pleads for animal welfare, speaking particularly to fellow conservatives and Christians 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII The Environment 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Fiction: 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Museum for a Dying Planet.” The inhabitants of a planet dying from ecological disasters built a self-sustaining habitat\/museum so that future visitors would be able to appreciate the beauty that once was their home 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Discussion: 336\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Museum for a Dying Planet” 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts and factual issues 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental problems 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA history of environmental issues in the US 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal warming 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental decision-making 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe assessment of risk 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresent versus future people 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental justice 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCost–benefit analysis 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat has inherent moral worth? 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumans? Animals? The natural world? 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumans (only) 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSentient creatures (only) 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving things (only) 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural things (only) 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural systems 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Readings: 352\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdmund O. Wilson describes environmental problems and presents two opposing views as to how they should be approached 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGabrielle Walker and Sir David King present a mitigationist view re global warming 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBjorn Lomborg presents an adaptationist case re global warming 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimothy Taylor discusses the problem of how to discount the future, especially in the case of low-probability, high-risk events 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Baxter argues for an anthropocentric view of the environment 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Routley argues against an anthropocentric view of the environment 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Taylor argues that all living things can be said to have a “good of their own” and are worthy of respect and moral consideration 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. Baird Callicott discusses the land ethic of Aldo Leopold 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBill Devall and George Sessions discuss “deep ecology” 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Genetics 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Fiction: 379\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“People of the Underground.” After a failed rebellion against the “Clenes” (a genetically enhanced part of the human race), the “People” survive in the Caves, claiming to preserve “true humanity” 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Discussion: 387\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“People of the Underground” 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts and factual issues 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn vitro fertilization 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman genetic engineering (HGE) 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case against human genetic engineering 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. HGE would be too dangerous 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. HGE\/PGD would be “playing God” 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. HGE\/PGD wouldn’t be limited to curing disease 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. HGE would lead to a “genetic arms race” 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. HGE could undermine religion and ethics 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. HGE could lead to totalitarianism 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. HGE could lead to Nazi-like eugenics 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. HGE could undermine human equality 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. HGE could undermine human freedom 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for human genetic engineering 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 1 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 2 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 3 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 4 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 5 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 6 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 7 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 8 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReply to Objection 9 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding remarks 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and selected sources 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Readings: 402\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRonald M. Green discusses some of the fears of genetic enhancement displayed in literature and argues that these fears may simply reflect “status quo bias” 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGregory Stock discusses the possibility of “redesigning humans” and argues it will likely happen 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Glover discusses a “genetic supermarket,” positive versus negative genetic engineering and whether human nature should be sacrosanct 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancis Fukuyama warns against genetics leading us into a “post-human” future. 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