ISBN978-0-309-29334-1 Copyright2014 Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security: A Framework for Addressing Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues Added12/17/2015Updated05/03/2016 Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security is a study on the ethical, legal, and societal issues relating to the research on, development of, and use of rapidly changing technologies with low barriers of entry that have potential military application, such as information ... Authoring Institution The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Year 2014 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-07693-7 Copyright1996 Biotechnology: Science, Engineering, and Ethical Challenges for the 21st Century Added02/04/2016Updated02/11/2016 Biotechnology is rapidly advancing in laboratories around the world. This book offers straightforward explanations of basic science and provides insight into the serious social questions raised by these findings.The discussions explore five key areas: (1) The state of the art in ... Author(s) Larry V. McIntire Frederick B. Rudolph More Info
Case Study: Animal Disenhancement & Human Enhancement Added02/14/2017 Abstract: In this case, a philosophy student and vegetarian contemplates whether animal disenhancement—engineering the cognitive and physical abilities of animals so that they cannot suffer psychological and physical harms—would make factory farming more morally acceptable. He also wonders whether philosophical arguments in favor of animal disenhancement could be extended to support human disenhancement. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Case Study: Enhancement, Anti-Aging Medicine & Life-Extending Biotechnologies Added02/14/2017 Marissa, a young mother, provides substantial support to her aging parents. When her parents begin exploring novel anti-aging treatments, Marissa wonders about the potential social outcomes of such technology. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Case Study: Memory Suppressor as Cognitive Enhancement Added02/14/2017 A member of a lab studying the beta-blocker, Propranolol, to treat soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is violently physically assaulted. The PI suggests the Propranolol treatment could be helpful and lab members reflect on the possible outcomes of such a choice. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Case Study: Mitochondrial Transfer Therapy as Enhancement Technology Added02/14/2017 This case describes the February 2015 decision by the United Kingdom’s Parliament to allow human trials of an in vitro fertility (IVF) treatment using mitochondrial transfer technologies. It provides an opportunity for discussion of the ethics of germline gene modification in humans as both therapy and enhancement. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Class Plan: Enhancement, Anti-Aging Medicine & Life-Extending Biotechnologies (75min.) Added02/14/2017 This class plan gives a selection of exercises out of which an instructor may build a class session around the Enhancement, Anti-Aging Medicine & Life-Extending Biotechnologies case . The materials are suitable for upper division undergraduate courses in bioethics or the life and ... Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Emerging Biotechnology Case Study: Deep Brain Stimulation Studies Added04/18/2017 In this fictional case, a young neuroscientist decides whether to take a post-doctoral fellowship in a lab where her assignment would be explore whether deep brain stimulation can be used to modulate soldiers’ emotions to make them more effective in high-stress environments. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Genomics, Ethics and Society Course Added10/27/2015 Updated06/29/2016 This course consists of 8 units. Units 1-7 each last approximately 2 weeks. Author(s) Clare Palmer Penny Riggs T.J.Kasperbauer Jeremy Johnson Lauren Cifuentes Seung Won Park Jaime McQueen Contributor(s) Clare Palmer Year 2015 Read More
Human Enhancement Bibliography Added02/08/2017 Updated04/01/2016 A annotated bibliography looking at ethical issues and societal implications raised by human enhancement, including cybernetic and genetic technologies, cognitive enhancement, moral enhancement, and what it means to be human. Types of materials included in the bibliography include policy documents, reports web sites, films, books and journal articles. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Kelly Laas Year 2016 Read More
Human Enhancement Collection Added02/08/2017 This collection of resources on Human Enhancement is part of a larger collection of Life and Environmental Science ethics education resource sets on ethics of emerging biotechnologies , big data in the life sciences , human enhancement , and conservation and biodiversity . Doctoral students ... Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Human Enhancement Subject Aid Added01/19/2018 The debate over human enhancement focuses on interventions (biomedical, technological, genetic) that are used to improve the human form or functioning beyond what is necessary to restore or sustain health. Parens, Erik. 1998. Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications. ... Author(s) Kelly Laas Authoring Institution Online Ethics Center Year 2016 Read More
Online Ethics Center: Using the Film, "The Matrix," in an Engineering Ethics Course Added06/19/2006 Updated08/23/2015 Suggestions for using the film, The Matrix, as a teaching tool in an engineering ethics course. Year 2006 Read More
ISBN978-0-309-29662-5 Copyright2014 Oversight and Review of Clinical Gene Transfer Protocols: Assessing the Role of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee Added02/10/2016Updated03/09/2016 Gene transfer research is a rapidly advancing field that involves the introduction of a genetic sequence into a human subject for research or diagnostic purposes. Clinical gene transfer trials are subject to regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the federal level and to ... Authoring Institution Institute of Medicine The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine More Info
Syllabus - Biology 611, Ethics of Human Enhancement Added02/14/2017 Bio 611: Ethics of Human Enhancement is a syllabus for a one credit graduate course. Taught at Arizona State University, Bio 611 attracts a mix of natural science and humanities graduate students and does not assume students will have substantial experience in ethics. Beyond exploration of the topic of ethics of human enhancement, the course aims to develop the ability of students to analyze ethical issues through the incorporation of case discussion and case writing. Author(s) Valerie Racine Contributor(s) Valerie Racine Karin Ellison Joseph R. Herkert Year 2016 Read More
Unit 1 - Introductory Materials: Genetics, Ethics, & Policy Added10/27/2015Updated02/12/2016This is the first unit in an extensive Course on Genomics, Ethics and, Society. This first unit (1) provides an introduction to genomic science, ethics, and policy. Author(s) Clare Palmer Penny Riggs T.J.Kasperbauer Jeremy Johnson Lauren Cifuentes Seung Won Park Jaime McQueen Contributor(s) Clare Palmer Year 2015 More Info
Unit 6 - Genetic Therapy and Human Enhancement Added10/28/2015Updated02/12/2016This is the sixth unit in an extensive Course on Genomics, Ethics and, Society. This unit (6) deals specifically with ethical issues raised by genomics in the context of human genetic therapies and human enhancement. Author(s) Clare Palmer Penny Riggs T.J.Kasperbauer Jeremy Johnson Lauren Cifuentes Seung Won Park Jaime McQueen Contributor(s) Clare Palmer Year 2015 More Info