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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: HW8i, Parents could use gene selection of the sex or sexual orientation of a child-to-be. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Parents may choose certain abilities for their unborn children., If biotechnology changes the biological foundations of the human body, then biotechnology interferes with the natural growth of the human body. therefore ArgScheme: modus ponens Biotechnology interferes with the natural growth of human body, Our identity consists of our memories and experiences. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens We lose our identity and the ability to make new decisions., People who take pills to block out from memory the painful or hateful aspects of a new experience will not learn how to deal with suffering or sorrow. support Biotechnology changes the natural behavior in human, It is impossible to have God-like knowledge. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) We should not play God and use biotechnology to artificially enhance society., Chemically altering our state of consciousness removes strife from our lives, which reduces the perceived breadth of human emotion by limiting our experiences. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens Biomedical technology causes us to live an incomplete life., If we do not experience the full breadth of human emotion, then we are living an incomplete life. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens Biomedical technology causes us to live an incomplete life., Parents may choose certain abilities for their unborn children. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology infringes on people's freedom., Biotechnology infringes on people's freedom. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology should not be used to pursue human perfection., Biomedical technology causes us to live an incomplete life. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens We should not accept the benefits of biomedical technology., There is no reason to stop the activities of youth. (e.g. - jobs, sports, et cetera) ArgScheme: Modus Ponens We should not accept the benefits of biomedical technology., If parents could use gene selection of the sex or sexual orientation of a child-to-be, then parents may choose certain abilities for their unborn children. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Parents may choose certain abilities for their unborn children., If we forget about past traumas and lose our memories and experiences, then we lose our identity and the ability to make new decisions. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens We lose our identity and the ability to make new decisions., Biotechnology can be used to enhance participants in competitive activities by giving them an unfair advantage. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology should not be used to pursue human perfection., If peer pressure infringes on people's freedom and biotechnology increases peer pressure, then biotechnology infringes on people's freedom. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology infringes on people's freedom., If biotechnology is unnatural to the growth of the human body, then it rectifies what it truely means to be human therefore ArgScheme: modus ponens Biomedical interventions rectify what it truely means to be human, Biotechnology changes the natural behavior in human therefore ArgScheme: modus ponens Biotechnology is disrupting the normal character of human being-at-work-in-the-world, If any biotechnology that is powerful enough to enhance system A it is likely to be powerful enough to harm system B, then the new biotechnology could harm system B. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) The new biotechnology could harm system B., We lose our identity and the ability to make new decisions. ArgScheme: Modus Ponens We should not accept the benefits of biomedical technology., Biotechnology can be used to enhance participants in competitive activities by giving them an unfair advantage. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology should not be used to pursue human perfection.