Why are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) so controversial? Discuss how a GMO like golden rice might be justifiable despite problems with GMOs in general by taking Hessler’s point of view into consideration. How might Singer, Hardin, and Battin respond to this question given their unique (ethical) perspectives? Feel free to go back to the ethical theories we explored the first week of the course and try to link some of the ideas expressed by the various authors to those theoretical perspectives.Your essay should be no less than three pages long, and must include three or more references. The references must be credible (no Wikipedia or random websites). please read the following selections from Part III of the textbook, Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach: Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”Garrett Hardin’s “Carrying Capacity as an Ethical Concept”Kristen Hessler’s “Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Justice: Golden Rice as a Case Study”I have the e- textbook

This week there are two parts to your assignment: research question and identifying ethical violations. Please submit both parts in a single Word document using the Assignment 1 title link above by the last day of Week 1. Part 1) Research question – provide the research question you will be using for your final project. Look at the directions in the "Final Project Overview" about choosing a research question. What is the relationship between color and mood? What is the relationship of music and mood? What is the impact of smelling one food while tasting another food on a person's ability to detect what the food really is? How does packaging affect consumer buying choices? How do people respond differently to the same questions asked by people wearing different clothes? Which memory techniques are most useful?Who are more superstitious, men or women?How do violent video games affect your blood pressure? Take a look at this website for some helpful tips: http://prezi.com/7fwukfxvhe88/copy-of-writing-good-research-questions/ and this website: http://psychology.about.com/od/academicresources/a/social-psychology-research-topics.htm Part 2) Identifying Ethical Violations Carefully study chapter 2 of your text. Identify at least 2 ethical violations in the following scenario. Explain each of the violations you find. How would your redesign this study to correct for these ethical violations for the violations you find? Mark decided that participants in this study will not be at risk, and therefore, he didn't bother the IRB with his proposal. His study investigates the amount of discomfort people are willing to put up with in order to earn a large sum of money. He recruits students by posting ads about a "contest in which you can earn $1000." Everyone who shows up is told that they must do whatever he tells them to do for the next several hours and that the last person to comply will earn the money. He then makes the participants eat disgusting food combinations, rub permanent markers on their own faces, and mail insulting messages to their professors. After two hours he stops the "contest," informs everyone that it was actually an experiment, and explains that there is no prize money. Before participants leave, he gets them to sign an informed consent form to acknowledge that they "were free to leave at any time.” Week 1 Assignment Maximum Points Research Question 20 Identifying Ethical Violations 60 Reference page – correct APA format 10 Grammar, spelling, proper attribution of sources, and correct APA format 10 Total: 100