A cover page with the title, your name, and date submitted.
About 3000 to 4500 words to cover the topic. This works out to be about 10- 15 pages using a word processor’s (i.e. Microsoft Word) default, 12-point font, double-spaced.
Keep quotations to a minimum. More is not necessarily better. Although your paper should contain some appropriately placed quotes, it should not consist entirely of someone else’s ideas or opinions.
Internal citations for quotes, internal citations for any information that is not ‘common knowledge’ and paraphrasing throughout the paper, documented according to APA or MLA format.
A “Works Cited” (reference) page with references documented according to the APA/MLA format. All “Works Cited” references must have an internal citation in the body of the paper referring back to them.
A minimum (more may be required) of 6 reference sources.
None may be from a general encyclopedia, or Wikipedia.org.
Two from a peer reviewed Journal
The others may be from any of the above, or an appropriate internet site, a printed source etc. You may have more than 6 references. Be careful about the sources you choose to use; some of them are not carefully edited or contain false information.
Your paper should include the following three sections:
A section introducing the bioethical question and containing scientific background information and/or a historical perspective.
The viewpoints about the bioethical issues with a substantive section explaining the various perspectives. Discuss each viewpoint and describe the arguments supporting that viewpoint. Do not argue for any one perspective, yet. (Make sure the citations are complete and correct).
Take an ethical stand, and argue the ethical viewpoint constructively. Back your argument with ethics supporting your viewpoint of the ethical issue. Your argument should be scholarly, not based on an emotional response. Cite any sources you use and base your response in ethics. Use third person. The word “I” should never appear in your paper.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an ethics paper, so you must include a discussion of ethical theories and principles. You may include it in the section(s) that makes sense to you within the framework of your paper. Either the viewpoints and/or the ethical stand section generally work well
Use ethical referneces like Rwals therory of justice, Nozick, deanotology, Utilitarianism etc.
Disagree on the opinion of germ line engineering
Do Not Use These Pros/Cons:
1: (Pro)
Prevents and treats diseases and disabilities
(Con)
Exploitation of humans or things through research or experiments
Pro
Eliminate fertility issues for couples
Con
Could be used as the as weaponry, or war
Pro
Cloning animals to preserve endangered species
Con
Higher risk of increasing allergies
