PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO CONTENT #3

BIOETHICS: GENETIC ENGINEERING, CLONING, STEM CELL RESEARCH/GATTACA

Instructions for Portfolio Three, Bioethics, Gattaca

You will need to watch Gattaca, available on Netflix

Please look at TED talk Peter Knoepfler, The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies

Read the Arrival of Human Cloning, Wesley J. Smith, May 27, 2013, Washington Examiner.

Read the Newest Members of Beijing’s Police Force Are 6 Cloned K-9’s, November 21, 2019, CBS News.

Read A Concise Study on the History of Bioethics, Paulo Nuno Martins, Middle East Journal of Business 2018.

Read Tinkering with Humans, William Saletan, New York Times.com, 2007, Book Review of Michael Sandel’s Case Against Perfection.

EXPLAIN THE ETHICAL THEORY KNOWN AS DIVINE COMMAND ETHICS (ONE PAGE)

INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE CRITIQUE OF DIVINE COMMAND THEORY

PROVIDE A ONE-PAGE REPORT IN YOUR OWN WORDS ABOUT AN ON-LINE ARTICLE THAT RELATES TO BIOETHICS. ATTACH ARTICLE AND SOURCE.

PROVIDE ONE-PAGE SUMMARY OF A TED TALK, YOUR CHOICE AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS, THAT RELATES TO BIOETHICS (GENETIC ENGINEERING, CLONING, OR STEM CELL RESEARCH)

ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS (ONE PAGE)

What is the significance of the word “Gattaca”?

What is an “in-valid”?

Describe the different attitudes Vincent and Irene have toward their imperfections.

How are humans “expected “to reproduced?

Gattaca society is divided. What determines your social position?

TERMS FOR WHICH YOU PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND/OR EXAMPLES:

BIOETHICS

CLONING

EUGENICS

STEM CELLS

GENETIC ENGINEERING

INCLUDE A (3) THREE-PAGE PAPER ON BIOETHICS, RELATED TO THE FILM/DOCUMENTARY. PROVIDE THE REQUIRED MLA COVER PAGE, UTILZE INTERNAL CITATION(S), A WORKS CITED PAGE IN MLA FORMAT, YOUR BEST WRITING SKILLS. IMPORTANT: USE INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING THE PAPER IN UNIT FIVE.