Yade Yörük 10/A: Everything in the world is saved on a system
and if this system changes, it can cause a really big problem.
For example, if there is no disease and death on earth, the world
population will rise and our supplies will run out.
Alya Dilgeroğlu 6/A: Yes, it should be designed. Because our
child would be esthetically beatiful and healthy.
Filiz Palancı (Geography Teacher): No, it shouldn’t be designed.
Because everything is becoming more and more technological.
In the past, people were more curious. Especially before the
development of medicine, people couldn’t even know the gender
of the baby until birth and they were getting excited. Designing
the baby that we are going to give birth doesn’t sound right . I
think people should be different in this world and medicine has
evolved so much and now diseases can be treated after they are
born.
not prefer to have their own genes, I think it’s alright to choose
their babies’ genes. People tend to judge every revolution that
is happening on earth and since they are our babies and we can
not change them after giving birth ,I think it’s okey to design
them.
Ayça Şahin (Literature Teacher)
Designing genomes could be a smart thing. For example, genes
that give people diseases could be eliminated and this can be
acceptable . But I don‘t find it right to change a baby’s physical
appearance.
Mahmut Yazar (Religious culture and ethics Teacher):
Although designing the baby’s genome can help solving some
problems in the near future , people still see it as a problem. I
think it will also bring other problems in the long term. I think
a lot of people see illnesses or disorders as a part of life, so I
don’t think it is right for people to intervene so much in nature.
Even if such a thing has to be done ,it must have boundaries
and precautions .After world war II , similar studies were done
and the success of it was debatable. Everything was built on a
system and the system should not be corrupted. If people have
to die, they must die.
Mehmet Bar (Philosophy Teacher): Designing babies is
actually an ethical problem. I believe that we should consider
this from a different perspective. For example, “Is it ethical?”, “Is
it scientifically harmful to humans?” Also, “Is there going to be
differences between the people who have the money to design
and the people who don’t?”
These questions should be taken into consideration.
Zeynep Yalovaç 11/C: Yes, I think we can change our babies’
genes. The next generation can be then much healthier.