I am happy with the interdisciplinary approach I’ve taken in considering both the biological and philosophical aspects of the topic. I feel that by including moral considerations of the issues and not limiting the analysis to the scientific challenges has given me a new perspective that I didn’t fully appreciate from the scientific research material. […]
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EE Reflection 2
Having decided to analyse the bioethical issues from a philosophy perspective, I had to decide which philosophical theories I would consider in my analysis. In my research it became obvious that the moral and social aspects of CRISPR were key concerns so I decided to focus on theories that dealt with moral philosophy, from a […]
EE Reflection 1
I wanted to write my extended essay on bioethics however I soon realised that the field of bioethics is very broad and that I needed to narrow down my research question in order to conduct any meaningful analysis in this area. After a discussion in Biology class on gene editing, I got curious about CRISPR […]