What Is the Difference Between Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy

question 15

Essay

What is the difference between genetic screening and gene therapy? Present a consequentialist argument in favor of either genetic screening or gene therapy. Then, present a  nonconsequentialist  argument against   either genetic screening or gene therapy .

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Definitions:

Chronological Age

The measure of an individual's age in years, months, and days, from their date of birth to the current date.

Mental Set

The tendency to respond to a new problem with an approach that was successfully used with similar problems.

Linguistic Determinism

The hypothesis that language determines the way we think and perceive the world around us.

Nativist Theory

The theory that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth.