{"id":21485,"date":"2023-06-06T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/ethics-of-editing-the-human-genome-argumentative-paper-connect-the-arguments-to-main-thesis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:27:07","slug":"ethics-of-editing-the-human-genome-argumentative-paper-connect-the-arguments-to-main-thesis","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/ethics-of-editing-the-human-genome-argumentative-paper-connect-the-arguments-to-main-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics of editing the human genome (Argumentative Paper (Connect the arguments to main thesis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper 2 Guidelines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper 2 will consist of an argumentative, analytical paper between 1800-2500<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">words that examines a contemporary or historical social problem or issue related to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the themes of the second half of the course. In addition to at least one of the required<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">readings, the paper will draw on at least two (2) outside scholarly sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Themes of Part 2 of the course:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ethics of editing the human genome<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Which genes should we edit? Which should we leave alone?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Health vs. enhancement<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Issues of disability &#8211; discrimination against the disabled? (Physical, mental)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Issues of diversity<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Editing an individual&#8217;s genes vs editing the reproductive cells<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">State-driven vs. parent-driven eugenics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ethics of genomics research (e.g. animals, embryos)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Economic and racial inequality of gene editing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Costs of medicines\/treatments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Commercialization of genomics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Commercialization of medicine in general vs. of human enhancement specifically<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Racial, sexual, gender diversity<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Origins and implications of racial\/sexual\/gender categories<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Culture vs. nature in explaining human development\/difference<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The \u201cmutant\u201d and mutation in general<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Within those broader themes, you can write about anything you like, as long as you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">apply the relevant concepts to some sort of real-world context (i.e., your argument<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">cannot be purely conceptual).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In your introduction, you should lay out the basic facts about the issue or problem<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you have chosen and end with a statement of your thesis. The rest of the paper should<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">consist of a structured argument supplemented by textual evidence and analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If the issue you choose is very current, you may need to look at some news articles for<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">factual information. Please stick to mainstream news sources whenever possible (e.g.,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian), as I may not have time to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">check up on the credibility of unfamiliar sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Whether or not you look at news articles, you must draw textual evidence from at<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">least two scholarly sources. Please use Google Scholar or the resources provided by<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the Kettering library to identify and access scholarly sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">My evaluation of your paper will be based on several factors:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8211; The quality (logical coherence, originality, insightfulness) of your main<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">argument, as encapsulated in your thesis statement and topic sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8211; The focus and organization of the paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8211; The clarity and mechanics (grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, etc.) of<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8211; The skill with which you make use of textual evidence, including quotations,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">from the relevant book and articles (this requires you to choose evidence<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">carefully and analyze it thoroughly in a manner that supports your overarching<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">argument).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I strongly recommend that you discuss your topic for Paper 2 with me and that you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">keep me updated on the progress of your paper. I am always happy to discuss your<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">paper with you and skim through drafts during office hours. I also strongly encourage<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you to seek help from one of the writing tutors in the Academic Success Center. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">not wait until the last minute to write your paper.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Papers receiving strong grades<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">will be the products not of a last-minute scramble to complete the assignment, but of<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a term\u2019s worth of effort. This means that you should not only write but rewrite and<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">revise multiple drafts of your paper, in addition to seeking input from both myself and<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a writing tutor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As with Paper 1, you do not need to provide full citations of required course readings\u2013just cite them parenthetically as appropriate. For your outside sources, please provide a full citation in a \u201cWorks Cited\u201d section at the end of the paper. You should use Chicago Style citation. Please refer to the following guidelines: <\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-2.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper 2 Guidelines Paper 2 will consist of an argumentative, analytical paper between 1800-2500 words that examines a contemporary or historical social problem or issue related to the themes of the second half of the course. 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