What are the ethical concerns regarding GMOs in the food industry?….
Determine your belief on the following: Are GMOs are a good thing for society or are we heading into dangerous territory in their use?
Biology:Applied Final: GMOs and Feeding the World
Please respond with a different color of font and include your original questions. Attach your response to the journal site by midnight on Wednesday, May 3rd.
Objectives:
Journey around the world and explore the use of GMOs and their application for feeding the world.….
Determine your belief on the following: Are GMOs are a good thing for society or are we heading into dangerous territory in their use?
Directions:
There are 12 Main “Thought Questions”.
You will be asked to review the background information I have provided and visit the various articles and videos for each question.
IMPORTANT: You MUST answer the “Thought Questions” in red at the beginning of each. Reading the associate article may help establish your response. ..
You will then respond to the questions following the article.
What are the ethical concerns regarding GMOs in the food industry?
“God (Nature in my view) makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil…” “― Jean-Jacques Rousseau; philosopher, 1770
“An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but there’s no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be …” – Dr. Richard Lewontin, Professor of Genetics, Harvard University
“The controversy surrounding genetically modified organisms has real importance for society, there are complex scientific and logical issues to sort through, and the topic is rife with misinformation and motivated reasoning……” -Dr. Novella, academic neurologist; Yale University School of Medicine
Remember, the first step in ethical problem solving and policy decision making should first involve ascertaining the facts. Facts by themselves, however, only tell us what is; they do not tell us what ought to be.
Resolving an ethical issue also requires an appeal to values. Before tackling the GMO debate, let’s review the five different approaches philosophers have developed to deal with moral issues.
After learning the science and obtaining facts, Keep philosophical approaches in mind when tackling the GMO issues.
Utilitarian Approach: What benefits and what harms will each course of action produce, and which alternative will lead to the best overall consequences?
Rights Approach: What moral rights do the affected parties have, and which course of action best respects those rights?
Fairness or Justice Approach: Which course of action treats everyone the same, except where there is a morally justifiable reason not to, and does not show favoritism or discrimination?
Common Good Approach: Which course of action advances the common good?
Virtue Approach: Which course of action develops moral virtues?
(1) What is the GMO debate really about? (35 points; 9 for essay response and 26 for attached questions)
The GMO Controversy
“GMO critics despise corporate control and greed, and fear the unnatural, while GMO advocates see this technology as an example of the triumph of human ingenuity and science”
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