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Human Practices Essay

Ragan, put the essay here.


Ethics

Prompt: Outline and detail a new approach to an issue of Human Practice in synthetic biology as it relates to your project, such as safety, security, ethics, or ownership, sharing, and innovation.

Resources:

Abstract

Ethics oriented Analysis of synthetic biology in general and in relation to the NU2010 Bacterial Skin project.

Outline

Preamble or Historical Perspective

Aversion to synthetic life, religious, uncanny valley, Frankensteinian fears http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_biotechnology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_biotechnology http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/pl_backstory_timemachine/

Medical (Societal) Ethics

Beneficence, Non-maleficence, autonomy (zoloth principle=fidelity), Justice, (Dignity, Truthfulness)

Moral (Individual) Ethics

Kant(Categorical Imperative, ends) vs Mill(Utilitarianism) vs Aristotle(Character)

Unique Ethical Problems

Ontological Epistemic

Project specific problems

application specific analysis


Magnetite Production

Siderophore

TonB

Oxireductases

FeCl2,Fecl3 reinforced media

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