Skip to content

{ Tag Archives } ideology

utopia

The more control we poses over our environment and ourselves, the less we can accept either randomness or imperfection. Medical technologies might present solutions designed to assist an individual, yet they often represent an aspiration to order in the social sphere. It seems that the desire to abolish imperfections from the nano to the global [...]

Also tagged , , ,
2009 08 11 meta Comments (0)

IDEOLOGY

When discussing societal moral codes and scrutiny of “blameworthy” reproductive behaviours, it is interesting to go back to Linda McClain’s work on American public policy and reproductive responsibility. Focusing on judgmental attitudes towards single, teenage or indigent parents, McClain criticises the ideological heaping of blame on individuals.
Can ideology be enforced on biological urges? There seem [...]

Also tagged , , ,
2009 07 23 responsibility Comments (0)