Integrating Ethics into Case Study Assignments

I teach an upper-level writing course, Genes, Race, Gender, and Society, designed for Life Science majors, in which I utilize a case study to expose students to ethical ways of thinking. Students first work through the topical case study and then are challenged to rethink their responses through the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:65539e660d31431a9fb47187a7ef89522021-11-15T15:15:36ZIntegrating Ethics into Case Study Assignments10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.7401935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/65539e660d31431a9fb47187a7ef89522014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.740https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885I teach an upper-level writing course, Genes, Race, Gender, and Society, designed for Life Science majors, in which I utilize a case study to expose students to ethical ways of thinking. Students first work through the topical case study and then are challenged to rethink their responses through the lenses of ethics, taking into account different ethical frameworks. Students then develop their own case study, integrating ethical components. I want to expose my students to this way of thinking because I see technology being driven by the Jurassic Park phenomenon, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” and want future physicians grounded in a sense of how their actions relate to the greater good.Pamela A. MarshallAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 235-237 (2014)
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Pamela A. Marshall
Integrating Ethics into Case Study Assignments
description I teach an upper-level writing course, Genes, Race, Gender, and Society, designed for Life Science majors, in which I utilize a case study to expose students to ethical ways of thinking. Students first work through the topical case study and then are challenged to rethink their responses through the lenses of ethics, taking into account different ethical frameworks. Students then develop their own case study, integrating ethical components. I want to expose my students to this way of thinking because I see technology being driven by the Jurassic Park phenomenon, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” and want future physicians grounded in a sense of how their actions relate to the greater good.
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