I had done a project on gene ethics in Philosophy last year and I had been aware of our advancement in choosing what we want in our children but it wasn't until this presentation that I realized another side of our world. I never thought that people would choose to want a deaf child so badly, I suppose it's because society teaches us that hearing children are "healthy" and "normal". Nonetheless, during the discussions, I realized that it's just another language: we communicate with our voice while they communicate with sign language.
Mr. Chung spoke of scenarios where if everyone suddenly couldn't hear one day, those who were deaf by design would live longer than the rest of us because they would be more fit than us to survive. I agree that under those circumstances it would be good to have a child who knew how to sign. However, that's the environment that we presently live in. Our world is full of if's and's and but's, and that may happen but presently, majority of the world communicates by talking to each other. If I had a child who was born deaf, I would probably have them get a Cochler implant. As the mother in the video said, you have to give your child what's best for them. And in today's society right now, the ability to hear is what is best.
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