Blog 7: The Allegory of The Cave through History

 

       There are many examples in human history in which many people did not and still don’t want to accept the truth one prime example would be some foreign countries believe that women should not be allowed to drive , be seen with any guy who’s not related to her she should only be around family members,and not get an education. A lot of this comes from their religion or costumes something that in other counties we see as unfair or even strange because we are so costumed to be treated different women can do as they want in the U.S they are also independent and in this countries they view it different women have no such rights to do as they please they must do as the husband pleasesand the law says  and if they don't they will get punished for not doing as told either by humiliation and even by death. Many can't simply accept the fact that in countries such as the U.S.A both men and women are treated equal they are able to go anywhere by themselves, talk to anyone, drive, wear anything they want etc. This is something we can't imagine happening to us but it’s their reality in other parts of the world and not ours. When many come to this country and see the different treatment from their own homeland they are uncomfortable with it because it is not how they grew up or brought up so to them it is not a reality but an illusion that they grew up in and are able to make a choice of the situation whether to accept it or not. We could also see this in our past history but as time passed things started to change for the better but can still be seen around us.

Blog 6: Free will and destiny in Oedipus

      Oedipus the king had some free will in the sense that he could have avoided everything if he only would have made the right choice or decision that way the prophesy would not have come true. He had the choice of taking his own fathers life when they met in the two roads but Oedipus choose to take his life and continue on the path that took him straight to Thebes his birth place. He also had the choice whether to become the king of Thebes and marry the Queen Jocasta his real mother this is when he killed the Sphinx. But at the same time it was the God Apollo whom manipulated him which led him where he was. [450] when Teiresias says “It is not your fate to fall because of me. It’s up to Apollo to make that happen. He will be enough. This meant that Apollo had certain control of Oedipus life because he was the one that told the old king Laius that his own son was going to kill him and marry his own mother if Apollo wouldn’t have predicted this prophet then most likely wouldn’t come true like I said before. Oedipus did say [1330] “It was Apollo, friends, it was Apollo. He brought on these troubles the awful things I suffer. But the hand which stabbed out my eyes was mine alone. In my wretched life, why should I have eyes when nothing I could see would bring me joy”. This quote also shows that he take responsibility for the things he did and decisions he made by himself he this is why he decides to punish himself by not seeing and he also wants them to cast him out of Thebes [1290] when the second messenger says “He wants them to cast him out of Thebes, so the curse he laid will not come on this house if he still lives inside”. He also decided on this because he wanted his people to not suffer because of him and the plague would stop killing his people. This all shows that Oedipus did have some control of his life but so did Apollo on his destiny.

Blog#5 final essay:Genetically engineered humans V.S. The normal humans

        Genetically engineered which is also known as genetic manipulation is the process that
scientist use in order to manipulate a organisms genes that they receive from both of their
parents whether they are good or bad genes. Each gene that each of us receive from our
parents gives us our characteristic and traits. Tempering with them can change a person’s life
either in a positive way or even in a negative way as well. This topic is mostly talked about by
scientist and their point of view on the matter. Some believe that it can better our life in the
future because we would have less diseases to deal with but on the other hand others believe
that we should not try and be god because to them its unnatural not only that but it can cause
harm and eventually turn into a war between “the new ideal human” and the normal humans.

                                                                     
       In My opinion I believe that if there was to be a superior human or race they would try to
eventually take over the less superior humans because they consider themselves to be better
than the other or vice versa. All of this could eventually cause both sides to clash with one
another that would later on turn into a war among each other until one is declared the winner.
George J. Ann who wrote an essay on this matter which was called “The Man on the Moon”
was based on what has happened throughout our history in the past. He talks about “What
qualities of the human species must us preserve to preserve humanity itself” in other words
what are the qualities should we keep that makes us who we are as individuals and that makes
us all human. Even though genetic manipulation can be positive for our society because we
would be able to live long healthy lives and thus better our society in general. But genetic
manipulation should only be used for the good of humanity not just to make superior and more
advanced humans because if we start making modifications to ourselves we can lose
that what  makes us all human and who we are as people in general not only that but how
others view us. One example would be the movie Cattaca which is based on science fiction and
is based on a society that has the technology to perfect humans before they are born so that
they have only good genes. But the down side is that in this society there are two sides the valid
which are the humans that have been genetically engineered and the invalid the humans that
have not been genetically engineered. Even though both sides live together they are treated
different the valid seem to be seen as better because they have the better jobs that the invalids
can’t get because they have either an illness or disease which would make them unfit for the
job. This is something that we have in common with this society because we as people treat
each other as different because of their nationality, religion, language etc. this make it hard on
many people in our society to find jobs.

       One example from our history would definitely have to be WW2 when Hitler took over
Germany and decided to become the dictator of his country. Hitler wanted to eliminate
everyone that wasn’t German and that was different from his people whether they were Jews,
gypsy’s, gays and  even had a mental illness or  diseases to him they should be taken over and
killed. He wanted to make his race the superior one among the rest. Not only that he wanted
the perfect humans Hitler would choose whom should marry who so that they did not have any
disables or ill children so that his people could prosper and completely take over the rest of
humanity. Many Nazis would kill or send the less superior people to concentration camps
where they would force to do labor work, become slaves, even got tortured before they were
exterminated. This made many people angry and outraged they wanted to be able to stop
Hitler and the Nazis so both sides eventually clashed which started the war in the first place  
which other countries got involved in their goal was to stop Hitler from succeeding.  

       In conclusion even in today’s society scientist are trying to genetically engineer humans so
that we have less illnesses or diseases to deal with and are able to live long healthy lives. This
may have a positive effect in our lives it can also have a negative effect as well because both
sides will want to be better than the other and be dominant over each other and in order to
achieve total domination over the other they could cause a war like it has happened in our past
history that could end up in our own destruction in the long run.

Blog#4:Essay

            

                                       -Genetically engineered humans-


    In the essay "The Man on the Moon" written by George J. Anna’s writes about the super
humans that have been genetically engineered such as in the movie Attica and how the superior humans would be seen as a threat to the normal humans because they are genetically engineered that are able to do a better job than the rest. This has not only been seen in science fiction but also throughout our history.

     The movie Attica is about Scientist generically engineering humans which means that unlike normal humans the superior or better humans will not have illnesses they take away those genes that they have been given by their either of their parents. One example from the movie Cattaca would have to be Vincent whom had an illness which was a heart condition since birth and in his society the doctors and scientist they estimated that he would only live for 32 years then he would most likely die. His parents wanted to be able to have a perfect son who would be named Anton. They decided to genetically engineer the son that they wanted to have that would not have the same illness as their older son Vincent. Both brothers did not hate each other but disliked one another because Vincent felt like he was put aside that he was not the perfect or even favorite child because of his condition. Anton on the other hand was the favorite son and was capable of doing anything unlike Vincent who was limited to something’s. Even though Vincent had an illness he wanted to be able to make his dream of becoming an astronaut come a reality but even with all the hard work he would put into it still was hard on him and on his body because of his heart condition so he was determined to do whatever it take in order to achieve his lifelong goal and dreams. He decided to find another way to get around his society because in this world everyone would get DNA tests or other test so that they can be given a job that they were capable of doing. In order to get around this system Vincent took on someone else identity Eugene a genetically engineered young men who had been in a car accident and was handicapped and was willing to help Vincent but with a cost that he had to help him financially. This was going to be a challenge for both of them if Vincent was going to take on Eugene identity he had to look like him so that they would not suspect not only that but Eugene had to provide him with his DNA and other bodily substances because he would get tested in the job to see if he had any illness. In this society the once that were in control were the Superior genetically engineered and advanced humans and the once that were not had to take the jobs that they did not like but had no say in this society.

   One  history example would be World War 2 in which the U.S was part of this war took place in Germany. At that time a German dictator named Hitler wanted to make his country the superior race but in order to do so he had to get reed of the less superior people basically anyone that was not German such as the Jews, gypsy’s, gay, handicapped etc. He wanted the perfect humans that did not have any illnesses. In order to get perfect humans Hitler would choose whom should marry whom so that they did not have disabled or ill children so that his people could prosper and completely take over the rest of humanity. Many Nazis would kill or send the less superior people to concentration camps where they would force to do labor work, become slaves, even got tortured before they were exterminated. This made many people that did not agree with what was going on very angry they wanted to stop this which caused a lot of nations to get involved before Hitler and His Nazis do anymore harm or damage he had to be stopped otherwise he would continue to take over other countries and kill every person that did not meet his expectations. In my opinion I believe if there was to be a superior race would try to eventually take over the less superior race because they consider themselves to be better than the other. All of this could eventually cause both sides to fight until a winner is declared.

In conclusion even in today’s society scientist are trying to genetically engineer people so that they have less illness and can live longer. Even though it may sound as a good idea it can also  be a bad idea because both side will want to destroy one another in order to achieve total control over the other like  it has happened  in our past history or it could become a society like Cattaca where both sides work together to make a better world.

Blog#3:Essay 1 early draft

Topic1:'The Man on the Moon" written by George J.Annas in which he writes about the 'Superior' human and how it will be known as the other.In this story it take about what will happen if theres ever a superior more genetically enginneered human if they will take over the less superior race will they take total control.In the movie Cattaca there is a superior race and a less superior race which are the people whom are not genetically engineerde that have struggle in that perfect society to be just like the rest of them.

    In the Movie Cattaca where a family that  has a ill child called Vincent  and have a engineered child who is Anton as well and think of Vincent with the illness as less important and Anton the genetically engineered one as more imposrtant so there for in society they will be viewed as that.Vincent  is told how long he will live which makes it even harder for him to get his dream job because his not fit for it but he was determind to get the job he wanted and be able to achieve his dream of going into space.Vincent decided to take on someone else identaty he became Eugene who was in a wheelchair because of a accident that he had but had been engineered at bort.Both decided to work together in order to get what each wanted  in the society that they lived they had to be tested when they went to work by giving blood samples or anything that could be used to make sure that they had nothing rong with them.Vincent would find different ways to get around so that he could get cought such as getting surgery so that he matched Eugen.Also Vincent was supplied with Eugens blood,urine etc for all the test that he had to take in the corporation that he was in.He felt like it was not right that he could not have the same oppurtunities that the genetically engineered humans had.

 A example in human history would be World war 2 where Hitler a German Nazi who wanted to eliminate all the peple that were not from his race.He would kill anyone that came from a different bak ground such as jews,gypsies,gay or that even had any mental illness etc.He wanted his race to be the dominant and superior once in order to do so he decided to send the less superior peole to horible places where they were slave and eventually even killed by doing so his race would prosper.His view on the Superior human was that they had to be fair skin white ,with blue eye,blond and German.But not everyone agreed with him so thats when the people that were viewed as less superior decided to fight against it because they felt like everyone should