Assignments+due+March+6

READING ASSIGNMENTS

1. President's Council on Bioethics, excerpts from the conclusion of a report called Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness, published October, 2003: ONE TAKEAWAY and ONE QUESTION

2. A Dose of Genius, by Joel Garreau, The Washington Post ONE TAKEAWAY and ONE QUESTION

3. Academic Deficit Disorder: Pay (for) Attention, by Peter Weinberg, The Horace Mann Record Note: the file has a second, partial page that is just a repeat of the first. Ignore it! ONE TAKEAWAY and ONE QUESTION

Read: [|[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc and|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc]]] and explain why the fact that most arrested people test positive for drugs does not mean that drugs cause crime.