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- Why are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) so controversial? Discuss how a GMO like golden rice might be justifiable despite problems with GMOs in general by taking Hessler’s point of view into consideration.
- How might Singer, Hardin, and Battin respond to this question given their unique (ethical) perspectives? Feel free to go back to the ethical theories we explored the first week of the course and try to link some of the ideas expressed by the various authors to those theoretical perspectives.
- Your essay should be no less than three pages long, and must include three or more references. The references must be credible (no Wikipedia or random websites).
- please read the following selections from Part III of the textbook, Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach:
- Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Moralityâ€
- Garrett Hardin’s “Carrying Capacity as an Ethical Conceptâ€
- Kristen Hessler’s “Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Justice: Golden Rice as a Case Studyâ€
- I have the e- textbook