ENC 1101 Assignment: 2 Topic Selection: Genetics 1. Use the two articles provided a. Is it OK to make babies from 3 parents' DNA? b. Oxford Professor Says Genetically Altering Unborn Babies Personalities A Moral Obligation 2. Please include two sources from the library or the library databases Research/Source Evaluation Paper: A research paper is the culmination and final product of an involved process of research, critical thinking, source evaluation, organization, and composition. Source Evaluation is needed to scrutinize and analyze the given sources on their substance and academic validity. Assignment: Students will submit an outline and compose a three-page (research/evaluation) paper. Instructions: Make sure that your paper has: • A clear, concise, and defined thesis statement that occurs in the first portion of the paper. • Clear and logical transitions between the introduction, body, and conclusion. • Body paragraphs that include evidential support. • Evidential support (whether factual, logical, statistical, or anecdotal). • A conclusion that does not simply restate the thesis but readdresses it in light of the evidence provided. Due Date: Your three-page paper is due March 15. When typing your paper, please be sure to double-space and to use the standard 12-point font in either Times New Roman or Calibri. Follow MLA research guidelines. Be sure to also include a Works Cited. Oxford Professor Says Genetically Altering Unborn Babies Personalities A Moral Obligation By WakingTimes January 22, 2013 Aaron Jackson, Guest Writer Waking Times Genetically screening our offspring to make them better people is just “responsible parenting”, claims an eminent Oxford academic, The Telegraph reports. Professor Julian Savulescu, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics, said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”, this based on a few genetic links to ‘personality disorders’. He said that we should actively give parents the choice to screen out personality flaws in their children as it meant they were then less likely to “harm themselves and others”. Studies show that the child’s upbringing, including parenthood and schooling methods are the root causes of many ‘personality flaws’. Other studies give strong evidence that nutrition, meditation and exercise greatly influence behavioural patterns and emotional well-being. This entire theory is also blind to the side effects of many medicines, vaccines, food additives and (some) GMO foods that have been proven to affect psychological behaviour, and this isn’t even touching on the possible beneficial use of marijuana and other substances for those with undesired personality traits. “Surely trying to ensure that your children have the best, or a good enough, opportunity for a great life is responsible parenting?” wrote Prof Savulescu, the Uehiro Professor in practical ethics.