EDST 391 Ethics & the Human Genome

Name:
Date:
"Calendar"

Required readings:

• http://www.dna.gov/basics/" - General information about DNA Forensics
• http://www.dna.gov/dna-databases/codis - CODIS database
  First page is required; the 5 following pages ("sections") are recommended.
• Chapter 3: Ethical values and human rights - *ONLY have to read paragraphs 3.8, 3.11, 3.17, 3.18, 3.24
  (Chapter obtained from Nuffield Council on Bioethics, http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/bioinformation)

1. If the government wanted to start including the entire public's DNA in its CODIS database, would you comply? Why/why not?
2. When do you think a convicted felon's physical DNA and DNA analysis results should be discarded?
   • If you think they never should be discarded, how would the felon's assimilation back into society be affected after completing the sentence?

• There will be a short quiz at the beginning of class.