EDST 391 Ethics & the Human Genome

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Assignment for Day 12

Advances, Assumptions, and Constraints: Chromosomes X/Y, 8-11.

Readings:

• Chapters on chromosomes X/Y, 8-11 (Conflict, Self-Interest, Disease, Stress, Personality) of Matt Ridley's The Genome

Log-keeping assignment--same as before:

• Task: Please keep a running log while you are reading his book, and bring it to class for our discussions. For each day's readings, record the following:
  1. Summary (with page numbers) of discussions particularly relevant to your specialty area (e.g., gene therapy, forensics, embryo selection, etc.) There will be some on some days, but perhaps none on others.
  2. Inherent constraints on developing feasible genomic technologies owing to the way the genome itself works or is built.
  3. Any ethical claims or assumptions embedded in Ridley's discussion of the genome.