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Topic-based modules focus on topics common to several Bioethics Commission reports, such as community engagement or research design, to support integrating ethics in the classroom. Classroom discussion guides provide discussion prompts and questions for instructors at various levels.
Savulescu coined the phrase procreative beneficence.It is the controversial [4] [5] [vague] moral obligation, rather than mere permission, of parents in a position to select their children, for instance through preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and subsequent embryo selection or selective termination, to favor those expected to have the best possible life.
Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, medicine, and technologies.
Utilitarian bioethics is based on the premise that the distribution of resources is a zero-sum game, and therefore medical decisions should logically be made on the basis of each person's total future productive value and happiness, their chance of survival from the present, and the resources required for treatment.
The Center for Ethical Solutions (CES), founded by Sigrid Fry-Revere, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit bioethics think tank based in Lovettsville, Virginia whose mission is to find practical solutions to controversial problems in the field of medical ethics. CES supports research and public education, seeking to achieve its goals through research and ...
The ruling was based on the constitutional doctrine that the federal government can't issue commands directly to states. In recent years, that doctrine has been co-opted for other political causes ...
It can be hard to find good advice on how to make homes more energy ... such as heat pump-based heating systems or solar panels, for instance. ... So much of the currently available technology and ...
Bioethics Briefings [16] is a free online Hastings Center resource for students, journalists, and policymakers on bioethics issues of high public interest, such as abortion, brain injury, racism and health equity, organ transplantation, physician-assisted death, and stem cell research. The chapters are written by leading ethicists and are ...