The following list techniques with potential benefits and concerns. Students would benefit from separating these into categories such as deontological (those procedures that break rules such as Kant's Categorical Imperative or that go against Natural Law) and teleological (those that produce bad outcomes).
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| Embryo Cloning and Therapeutic Cloning | |
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| Reproductive Cloning | |
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This resource explains how churches have responded to the specific issue of GM Crops:
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The following can be used as worksheets. The Proposals for Genetic Research can be evaluated using any of the ethical theories studied. PGD and Genetic Disorders was designed for use after watching the five-minute clip from Gattaca that shows selection of embryos in the near future to rule out 'disorders' including premature baldness, myopia and a propensity to obesity. It considers three possible responses to PGD.
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| PGD and Genetic Disorders | |
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The following are tables with aspects of each ethical theory followed by a blank square which students should fill in themselves. At first, students should merely write in how each aspect of the theory applies to abortion (using examples if possible). An example of a filled-in table is Kant and the right to a child. As they become more confident, students can include an evaluation of each theory's responses.
| Utilitarianism and Genetic Engineering | |
| Kant and Genetic Engineering | |
| Natural Law and Genetic Engineering | |
| Virtue Ethics and Genetic Engineering | |
| Situation Ethics and Genetic Engineering | |
Here is a large pdf file from 2003, containing 8 articles and 3 activies on genetics. It's called DNA and cloning. It was not produced by this website, but is a great resource.
