The Dalai Lama

Readings: The Dalai Lama “Ethics and the New Genetics” http://www.mccc.edu/pdf/esl135/ethics%20and%20the%20new%20genetics.pdf
Marshall Poe, “The Hive”

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/09/the-hive/305118/

2.The rough draft must have at least two body paragraphs and introduction with a working thesis.

3.Two body paragraphs need to have something from each author in each body paragraph. that is one from Dalai Lama and another one is from Poe.

4.Essay Question:

In a unified essay citing both authors and having an overall point of your own, answer the following question:

How can a system of ethics be developed when knowledge itself is becoming socially constituted?

5.Things to think about:

Is ethics possible without transcendent truths? Does Wikipedia threaten the idea of “truth,” or can its collaborative model be used to create the ethical system the Dalai Lama calls for?