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Portfolio II.D: Bioethics and Genetics Research
Bioethics Links
Stem Cells, Therapeutic Cloning, and The Soul
Bioethics Info
ASSIGNMENT:
Considering the class presentation on this issue and the information you have read in the links above, write a one page response to this issue. The following questions may give you some things to think about as you write your response:
Who are the major players?
What are their concerns and motivations of each?
What are the justifications for the actions of each side?
Summarize the ethical concerns of this issue?
Whose individual rights or what community rights are being violated, if anyone's?
What harm is coming to individuals or the community?
Who is gaining at the expense of others?
What considerations were made (if any) when this (un)ethical action was taken?
Is the cost worth the benefits?
Evaluate the situation ethically:
Discuss your opinion of this situation ethically and each person/community in it, discuss reasons for your conclusions, then discuss solutions and corrective approaches to this in light of your evaluation.
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