| Dr. Christian Perring
Philosophy and Religious Studies Dowling College Winter 2001 CRN: 24209 |
Class Time: MTWR 10.30am-12.50pm
Classroom: 309 RC |
E-mail: cperring@go.com
Web page: faculty/cperring/asc128w01.html Office: 330A Racanelli Center Office Hours TWR 9:30-10:30 AM Phone: 244-3349 |
The Perfect Baby (Second Edition) by Glenn McGee |
The Lives to Come by Philip Kitcher |
| %ofgrade | Work |
| 10% | Attendance: You are allowed to miss one class without excuse. For each extra classyou miss without documented excuse, you lose 2%. This grade can go into the negative! |
| 5% | Class participation.You should be an active member of class, doing the reading ahead of time, contributing to class discussions, and letting me know if you do not understand so I can explain ideas further. |
| 15% | Presentation.10-15minute
presentation on a topic relevant to the class, related to your paper topic.
It is a good idea to use visual aids, such as videos, Powerpoint, or posters.
See
the form that I use to evaluate your presentation. Your presentation
can, and probably should, be related to your paper topic.
If youare comfortable doing your presentation with another person in the class, you can do a presentation together, getting the same grade. Joint presentations should be 20-30 minutes: their write-ups should be 2000-3000 words. |
| 15 % | Presentation Write-Up.After
giving your presentation, you also need to write it up and submit it to
me as a word-processing or HTML document on disk or by e-mail. You
need to submit it within 2 class days of giving it. It should be
about 1000-1500 words. Your write-upshould include
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| 15% | TakeHomeTest: Issues in Genetic Testing and Counseling |
| 40% | Paper-Final version. 4000 words, ~15 pages is due Thursday January 25. Must include bibliography and detailed references. I strongly encourage you to write a draft of your paper by Friday Jan 19 for me to comment on. |
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| Jan 2 | Introduction | ||
| 3 | Ethics | ||
| 4 | Genetics: Basic Concepts | Kitcher Chapter 2 | |
| 5 | Genetic Testing & Counseling | Kitcher Chapter 3 | |
| 8 | Genetic Discrimination | Kitcher Chapter 6 | |
| 9 | Religious Responses to Genetic Technology | Lilliana Schirripa: Religion & Genetics | McGee Chapters 3 & 4 |
| 10 | The History of Eugenics | Janene Ragone: Eugenics in the USA | Kitcher Chapter 8 |
| 11 | Race and the IQ Debate | Loretta Woods: Genetics, IQ, & Race | Take Home Test Given |
| 16 | Genetic Determinism? | Ricardo Rodriguez: Predisposition to Substance Abuse | Take Home Test Due |
| 17 | The Ethics of New Technology | Peter Tine: Tissue Engineering;
Natalie Corona: Predisposition to Mental Illness |
McGee Chapter 1 |
| 18 | Privacy of Genetic Information | Natalie Brodie: Genetic Disorders and Abortion;
Kiersten Arata: Genetic Info & Law Enforcement |
Draft Due (optional)
Kitcher Chapters 7 & 10 |
| 19 | Cloning | Ann Marie Schorr: Cloning Humans;
Sean Patrick Ryan: Cloning Animals; Sue Belvedere: The Future of Child Control |
McGee Chapter 7 |
| 22 | Testing for Huntington's Disease | Karen Wenner: Huntington's Disease Hunt Room (Open to Public) | |
| 23 | Genetically Engineered Food | Scott Amrhein: Genetically Engineered Food;
Sha'von Hodge: Using Animal Organs in Transplants |
Kitcher, Chapter 5
McGee Chapter 2 |
| 24 | Parents' Responsibilities to their Children | Jennifer Fusco: Predisposition to Criminality;
John: Eugenics in Europe; Tamara Merrill: Our Ability to Affect Babies Jackie Wheelan: Homosexuality and Genetics |
McGee Chapter 5 |
| 25 | Enhancement | Elaine Hennebeul: Genetic Enhancement
De-Lita Liggins: The "Breast Cancer Gene" Needs to be viewed in Internet Explorer! Jennifer Bush: Genetic Therapy |
Final Paper Due |