+1 862 207 3288 should be about 125-200 words (they can be longer than 200, but no less than 125). You should try and
do at least one of the following with your forum posts:
1. Critically evaluate the reading. For example, maybe you think an argument in one of the readings
relies on a poorly supported premise, example, or analogy. A good forum post would point this out and
explain why you think the argument is faulty. And, if you want to defend the position, you could offer
a way for the author to fix the argument.
2. Relate something we’ve read to something that’s going on in the world. Bioethics is a hot topic, and
there are always news articles popping up on the major news websites that are relevant to our class.
Maybe post a link to an article that catches your interest, and show how it relates to the class in
some way (e.g. show how certain bioethical principles apply in the case the story covers, etc.)
3. Ask a detailed (perhaps multi-part) question about the content of one of the readings. Oftentimes
your classmates will be able to offer helpful replies, and this also gets good discussions and debates
going.
4. Respond to other people’s forum posts. Replies count just as much as original posts as long as
they’re written with the same virtues in mind.
Readings are:
Walker – Bioethics
Callahan – Bioethics
Vaughn – Bioethics and Moral Theories
