The description of how the embryos are scientifically manipulated to give out a certain number of babies or a certain breed or type of human gives a sense of how grotesque genetic manipulation can become. ... In that context, if mankind develops the ability to have that type of reproductive and genetic technology, there is a thin moral line preventing what happens to occur in our society. ... It is impossible to hold moral order within a society, when technology is pressing and pushing away from morality, which is seen as conventional knowledge, to a more rational, and one can see as less hum...

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The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. ... Soma is a third example of the kind of medical, biological, and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. It is important to recognize the distinction between science and technology. Whereas the State talks about progress and science, what it really means is the bettering of technology, not increased scientific exploration and experimentation. ... The State's focus on happiness and stability means that it uses t...

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Brave New World deals with the power of science and technology as a, means of killing of individuality and replacing it with narrow compartments of fact or simulated sensation. ... Huxley satire in his novel is two directional; first on scientific technology and second on an over-regulated and materialistic society. ... Certainly within the novel, man has become a commodities and he has no longer become as a result of sexual relations but rather scientifically controlled test tube breeding. ... Through using the dystopic tale style of the narrative, the novel that is supposedly depicting a per...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate