View the unit videos, and take careful notes, utilizing the pause button when appropriate. Select two or three ideas from the unit videos that you thought were particularly interesting or important. In your first sentence state the points you intend to discuss. Then thoughtfully discuss them.
Peter Singer on Stem Cells and Cloning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L558WtD1tU8 (3:09)
Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon - Future of genetic engineering - Genetic mutations and genetic disorders. (3:39)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UoReSgz84 (Links to an external site.)
Philosopher Michael Sandel and medical researcher William Haseltine debate ethical issues in genetic engineering, in a conversation with the Aspen Institute's Elliot Gerso - Is It Ethical for Parents to Choose their Child's Sex? - (7:45)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzXa7Z0HN4 (Links to an external site.)
Dr. Patrick Dixon - Human Cloning - (8:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfLyOGQ3TpA (Links to an external site.)
A Catholic View: The Science of Stem Cells. Finding Cures and Protecting Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUvsK2SCVdk (12:43)
Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwnMX8ht3U (3:55)
Make sure that you submit two posts: (1) "Main Post" - one post should address the discussion topic. (2) "Response Post" - one post should be a response to another person`s post. Each post needs to be 20 sentences in length.