PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Cloning, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Applied Ethics
14 Dec 2017
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Chapter 1 bioethics: principles, issues and cases, 3rd edition by lewis vaughn. Morality: concerns beliefs regarding morally right and wrong actions and morally good and bad persons or character. Moral issues are inescapable especially those that focus on bioethics. Exploitative research on children and populations in developing countries. The refusal of medical treatment on religious grounds. Ethics: the study of morality using the tools and methods of philosophy. Bioethics: applied ethics focused on health care, medical science, and medical technology. Autonomy: refers to a person"s rational capacity for self-governance of self-determination the ability to direct one"s own life and choose for oneself. Autonomous persons should be allowed to exercise their capacity for self-determination. In bioethics, nonmaleficence is the most widely recognized moral principle. Nonmaleficence: principle that asks us not to intentionally or unintentionally inflict harm on others. Normative ethics: the search for, and justification or moral standards or norms.
