Assignment: You have two choices for this final paper.
1. Choose a technological "solution" that has been offered to a current modern problem (eg. electronic bees, GMO foods, self-driving cars, or any other technology of your choice that fits the scope of the project).
Identify the real, underlying problem and use systems thinking and systems ethics as outlined by Denton, Wahl, and others to analyze whether or not this solution actually addresses the real problem, or if it represents short-sighted, linear thinking that is therefore not, according to this theory, ethical. Pay attention to values and consequences in this analysis.
If the technology in question does not address the actual problem, offer an alternative solution and again, using systems thinking and systems ethics, explain how this solution does indeed do so.
2. Choose another research topic in ethics that has meaning for you personally and send an email to your instructor to discuss your final paper.
For this assignment you will work individually in developing a formal report package that will include a title page, a well-designed table of contents, an Executive Summary, an APA-style References page, as well as using visual/graphic components, headings and subheadings in
proper format with appropriate cross-referencing.
Your report should clearly present an exploration of the issue using the framework provided by the triple bottom line ethic discussed in class as well as a strong concluding section in which you detail clearly the ethical balancing of human, financial, and environmental concerns by way of proposing a process through which future questions in your focus area might be approached.
Format: Length: ten to twelve pages (2500 to 3000 words). Follow APA citation style and general format (see "format for papers" in the syllabus).