Permissibility of Genetic Enhancement

An abstract is a brief (about one paragraph, or 250 words max) summary of an entire paper. The purpose of an abstract is to inform the reader of the topic you’re writing on, the views that you’re considering and responding to, as well as the major contribution that your paper makes to the debate. In a way, it’s very much like an intro paragraph. However, an abstract should be more… well, abstract, and more directly to the point.
Topic: The permissibility of genetic enhancement
Paper format, so the abstract should be able to open up to addressing these:
• Reconstruct the main argument offered by one author we have read in this class. In doing so, make sure that both their conclusion and the underlying reasoning is made clear.
• Offer an original objection to this argument. You should not merely repeat the views of another author, nor offer arguments that support the opposite view. Your objection should be a rigorously developed and well-supported original argument.
Additionally, you cannot simply argue against the author’s conclusion. You must show why the author’s underlying reasoning is mistaken.
• Present a response on behalf of the author to whom you are objecting. How would you imagine them responding to the argument you make?
As with your response, make this an original, well-thought out argument. If the response from the author is just a few sentences long, then it is not sufficiently developed. Further, it should not just raise a different point that the author makes in the text. Put yourself in the author’s shoes – given their theoretical commitments, how would they respond to you?