Week 6 discussion
The discussion for this week allows for some interpretation. You are to discuss the limitation of scientific knowledge based on specific examples. For example, scientists have been cloning animals for a number of years. Just because they have the scientific knowledge, there may be limitations for its use. Should we use this knowledge to clone humans? Students can expand on this topic or discuss their own interpretations on how limits of scientific knowledge.
Here is another example: This is a little different than cloning but there have been cases, where parents had another child so they could treat the first one. For example, a couple may have an older child who has leukemia. They might then have another child so they could use their bone marrow to treat the sick child. Do you all think that science should be used for this purpose? Also, how do you feel about donating umbilical cord blood?
