Understanding Life
Ethics in Science |
Objectives for today:
* List ethical concerns in today's world.
* Put into words their views on today's issues.
ETHICS:
A system defining right and wrong.
Every culture has its own system of ethics. Right and wrong behaviors are very often different from one culture to another. There can even be differences in ethics within a single culture. Many areas of disagreement are found in things having to do with the life sciences.
Here are just a few areas in life science that involve ethics:
Human life - abortioneuthanasia
Heredity - parents and offspring
Genetics - genetic engineering
Agricultural Biotechnology - improved crops and foods
Human rights - for the group or the individual
Animal rights - animal rights vs human rights
Drug use - unlimited implications
Use of the environment - at what financial cost
Quality of human existance - for which generation
Continue working on your essay.
Review science essays.
1 . Use this planning guide
to write an essay about ethics in some area of life science.
2 . Before beginning the essay, study this essay evaluation rubric .
The rubric shows you how to make a good score on the essay.
Turn in the essay and the
rubric with the self-evaluation portion completed to your science Mr. Humble.
Remember to always staple the rubric on top of the assignment paper.