Learning Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Discuss the importance of democratic deliberation as it relates to the development of synthetic biology and other emerging technologies.

2. Understand the guiding ethical principles for assessing emerging technologies and how they relate to the incorporation of synthetic biology technologies into society.

3. Discuss how public and community engagement can impact technological development in synthetic biology and other emerging technologies, and ways to address the challenges of public and community engagement.

Download module here.

Download the Background module on community engagement here.

Listen to "Episode 6: New Directions", an episode of Ethically Sound, a podcast of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.