Transcript Introduction to Ethics

Research
Ethics
What are “ethics?”
What are the sources
of “ethics?”
Are ethics the same as
morals?
Are ethics absolute?
e.g. transculturally
invariant?
How are ethics
and
personal integrity related?
What factors
should be considered
when making
ethical decisions?
What is a code of ethics?
Do ethical decisions
demand cost/benefit
or risk/benefit analysis?
How much is an animal’s life worth?
Does the species of animal matter?
What about harm inflicted for the “greater good?”
How are ethics
and
personal integrity related?
What special social
obligations (if any)
do scientists have?
What special
obligations (if any)
do mentors have
to their students?
and vice versa?
How open (or guarded)
should scientists be with
“competing” colleagues?
The largest point I would make to
you is that life here on earth
requires many compromises with
pure morality. Ethics is, after all, the
resolution of conflicts between two
different and often opposing moral
goods.
Rabbi Marc Gellman, Tribune Media Services, God Squad
Posted 12/31/2012 at 6:30 pm EST
Bioethics and Human Rights
Since the 1970s, the field of bioethics has grown
considerably. While it is true that bioethics today includes
medical ethics issues, its originality lies in the fact that it
goes much further than the various professional codes of
ethics concerned. It entails reflection on societal changes
and even on global balances brought about by scientific
and technological developments. To the already difficult
question posed by life sciences – How far can we go? –
other queries must be added concerning the relationship
between ethics, science and freedom.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-
sciences/themes/bioethics/bioethics-and-human-rights/