Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120). - Biotechnologies--e.g., organ transplants, gene editing, life support--challenge the boundaries between what is "natural" and what is "man made," what is "given" and what is "cultured." We explore some of these innovations, their associated ethical dilemmas, and how they help make "culture" and "nature" in different contexts. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Ethical Reasoning, Writing-Intensive Course. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Ethical Reasoning, Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings.

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