PHI-2635 Midterm: Bioethics exam 1
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Nb: some of the material was covered in the reading, but was not discussed in lecture. Some of the material was covered in lecture, but was not in the reading. The scientific study of the ethical issues in biological and medical advances. We tend to see how much something will help society and make our lives easier. Technology impacts our value system and is also seen in the fact that the development of new knowledge and techniques may blur our values and norms without looking at the downsides childbirth, artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood. Example: abortion pill or when anesthesia was first introduced to ease pain during. Be able to identify/distinguish between ethical and non-ethical questions. The following questions correspond with pages 9 through 14: It judges the rightness or wrongness of an action by its consequences. We must take into consideration all of the parts concerned and that all parties shall be given equal consideration.
