What is perfection If someonesomethingsomewhere is perfect what does that mean Can you give specific examples Is perfection a good thing Unit Questions How do humans cope with an imperfect world ID: 363420
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Unit 3: Quest for PerfectionSlide2
What is perfection?
If someone/something/somewhere is perfect, what does that mean?
Can you give specific examples?
Is perfection a good thing?Slide3
Unit Questions
How do humans cope with an imperfect world?
Why do we seek perfection in body, soul, and in our world?
Is Utopia attainable? At what cost would it be worth attaining?
How far should we tamper with our own chemistry and biology? Slide4
How do humans cope with an imperfect world?
Cope – manage
;
handle; deal with
;
surviveSlide5
Why do we seek perfection in body, soul, and in our world?
Seek – search for; try to findSlide6
Is utopia attainable? At what cost would it be worth attaining?
Utopia -
An ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.
Dystopia -
The idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the
guise (disguise/appearance/façade)
of being utopian
.
Attain – achieve; reach; grasp Slide7
How far should we tamper with our own chemistry or biology?
Tamper – interfere; meddle; fiddleSlide8
Examples
Can you think of any novels you may have read that might address this topic?
Can you think of any scientific
debates
that might deal with these questions?