EDST 391 Ethics & the Human Genome
Name:
Date:
"Calendar"
Assignment for
Day 27
Are we transforming identity and humanity?
Readings:
- Reread paragraphs 4-7 of Leon Kass's "How brave a new world?"
(Day 4)
- Reread last page of the Economist reading (Day 4)
Writing assignment: -
If a geneticist, computer engineer, or other scientist offered
you a
superpower, what power would you request? Why?
- Would your family and friends still think of you as human? Would
you? Why or why not?