Conrad: If society gains the ability to choose the total genetic make up of future children, how will those children be expected to behave? Parents can choose the genes that make up that child, but they cannot control the forces of nature to ensure that those choices will be realized.  How will a parent react if the child is not as smart as they were chosen to be smart although the parents had specifically screened women whose SAT scores and IQ s were phenomenally high? 

 

 

 

Promethia: Health is a very important subject within the framework of eugenics.  First, it must be defined.  Most think that health just means the truancy of sickness or disease.  This definition is problematic because one can still be, “out-of shape, nervous, on-edge, lacking in self-confidence, have no stamina, feel completely awkward and unsure of yourself,” and be healthy by the before-mentioned definition.  A better definition of health is not just the truancy of sickness and disease, but also the insurance that a person is prospering and functioning above a satisfactory level (Site 4).

 

 

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