Ethics
- area of ethics that deals with the implications of biological research and biotechnological applications, especially in medical field.
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1- recognize an ethical issue
2- get the facts
3- evaluate alternative
4- making decision and act
5- reflect the outcome
Bioethics
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How to make right ethical decision
Approaches of Ethical Decision Making
- Deontological approach
- Utilitarian approach
- Modern Bioethics
- Hippocratic Oath
Cloning
- Ethical considerations of a human clone include:
- Raises many of the same questions, with the added complexity of the technique and the potential identity of the clone.
How lack of relatedness to one parent might change kinship and family relationships
Expectation to live up to a legacy achieved by the donor of the genetic material.
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
- Many ethical debates revolve around the moral status of the human embryo.
- Personhood
- used to define an entity that qualifies for protection based on certain attributes
a code of values for our actions