Blogs about: Ethics Of Science
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Ethics and/or Life-Saving Research
In Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, we are once again confronted with the ethics involved in scientific research and experimentation. In what could serve as a warning to us all, and quoting Miss Lucy… more →
Genetics and Literature
Ethics and/or Life-Saving Research
coreykalbaugh wrote 7 months ago: In Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, we are once again confronted with the ethics involved in scient … more →
The Commodification of the Genetic Code
michaelalijewicz wrote 9 months ago: In Oryx and Crake, Oryx is a sex-slave, a child-prostitute, and a human commodity. She was bought, … more →
Interconnectedness
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v2009 wrote 9 months ago: Throughout Huxley’s Evolution and Ethics, I couldn’t help but notice a theme of interconnectedness o … more →
Human Capacity in The Island of Dr. Moreau
matteatough wrote 9 months ago: In Mark Greene et al.’s article “Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting,” the colle … more →
Ethical Systems, Religion, and (more) Genealogies
michaelalijewicz wrote 9 months ago: In Mel Brooks’ Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs, the plot begins because the female protagonist (a prince … more →
The Scientist as Artist in The Island of Dr. Moreau
carihova wrote 9 months ago: Dr. Moreau seems, initially, to be a nightmarish example of a hyperscientific mind. Cold, calculatin … more →
Genealogies and Language
michaelalijewicz wrote 10 months ago: The cover on my version of Darwin’s The Origin of Species illustrates a subject I assume many … more →
Organ Harvesting in Literature
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nmajoras wrote 1 year ago: Since I did not do a digital media project, I would not have another chance to present the work I ha … more →
FutureMouse
nmajoras wrote 1 year ago: I recently saw a South Park episode that was very relevant to our class. (I don’t know if anyo … more →
Yeah, uhh, could I get a baby with red hair, blue eyes, and an intense dedication to basketball?
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benmones wrote 1 year ago: As I stumbled across the internet on a cold spring evening, I found quite an interesting article. Th … more →
New Baby Boomer
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th3flatline wrote 1 year ago: When I stumbled upon this article, I was reminded of the IVF procedure in Mendel’s Dwarf. The … more →
Metaphor for What?
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cskene wrote 1 year ago: The real misunderstanding about race comes from false attribution of certain personal or social char … more →
The New Eugenics
slipstream99 wrote 1 year ago: “…we might produce a highly-bred human race…” Sir Francis Galton started it. … more →
Genetics in Literature, Film, and Of Course, TV
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miriahgmartin wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, We TV aired a new episode of the Secret Lives of Women that was entitled “Sideshow … more →
Scientists as Cheaters
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b2majmudar wrote 1 year ago: The topic of “cheating” in science that comes up in the last 70 or so pages of Mendel’s … more →
Monsters: Mother Nature’s Own Eugenics
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miriahgmartin wrote 1 year ago: After encountering the term ‘monster’ in Middlesex and again in our current reading, Mendel’s Dwarf, … more →
Haves & Have-Nots/Valids & Invalids
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AM^2 wrote 1 year ago: ‘Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomic Medicine’ has provoked some serious … more →
A Contemporary Brave New World
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slipstream99 wrote 1 year ago: “Why is it he feels some line has been crossed, some boundary transgressed? How much is too mu … more →
Discussion of James Watson and Competition in Science
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zacr12 wrote 1 year ago: After today’s interesting class discussion and reading the first half of The Double Helix, I a … more →
