Social History of Ideas

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Article of Windshuttle: "White Settlement in Australia: Violent Conquest

or Benign Colonisation"

2.1 Question 1

2.2 Question 2

2.3 Question 3

2.4 Main Question

3. Article of Grimshaw: "The Fabrication of a Benign Colonisation"

3.1 Question 1

3.2 Question 2

3.3 Question 3

3.4 Main Question

4. Statement of Peggy Patrick

4.1 Question 1

4.2 Main Question

5. Conclusion

1. Introduction

Books

Brannigan, M, C. (2001) Ethical Issues in Human Cloning. Seven Bridges Press: New York

Marden, P. (2003) The Decline of Politics: Governance, Globalisation and the Public Sphere. Ashgate: Aldershot

Introduction:

Genetic engineering should be a common topic for everyone nowadays, in terms of the cloning of animals, like the sheep "Dolly", stem cells or even the idea of cloning people for different purposes. Genetic engineering does not only include cloning it also includes the gene alteration of plants in order to improve the out come or make them more resistant against bugs or diseases. But it should also be a common topic for everyone, because of possible long term effects and offcourse the moral aspects for the humanity, which are affected by this topic. I always was interested in the idea of genetic engineering, because of the huge possibilities which are opened through this topic. I am also interested in the method of gene-screening or also called DNA-screening, the advantages and disadvantages which occur with possibility. But since a couple of years I am also wanted to know the possible disadvantages and also dangers of genetically altered livings. Because of the huge amount of topics and in formations and in order to persist to my interests in this topic, this essay will only cover a few well chosen topics of genetic engineering. The topics which will be coverer throughout