Playing God: the rock opera that endeavors to become a bioethics education tool

Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2014 Apr;23(2):188-99. doi: 10.1017/S0963180113000728. Epub 2014 Feb 4.

Abstract

This article describes and introduces a new innovative tool for bioethics education: a rock opera on the ethics of genetics written by two academics and a drummer legend. The origin of the idea, the characters and their development, and the themes and approaches as well as initial responses to the music and the show are described, and the various educational usages are explored.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bioethics / education*
  • Cloning, Organism / ethics
  • Genetic Enhancement / ethics
  • Genetic Research / ethics*
  • Genetic Testing / ethics
  • Genetic Therapy / ethics
  • Genetics / ethics*
  • Humans
  • Longevity / genetics
  • Music*
  • Religion
  • Siblings
  • Stem Cell Research / ethics
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / ethics