Bioethics
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Human Test Subjects Report Crimes to Bioethics CommitteeVictims of Cointelpro and nonconsensual human experimental tactics took advantage of the upcoming Bioethics Committee meeting taking place in New York by submitting testimonial letters describing illegal activities waged against them. -
More Human Than Human: Bioethics and Science-Fiction CinemaThis essay uses science-fiction films to discuss major issues in bioethics such as cloning, genetic enhancement and artificial intelligence. Films include Gattaca, Blade Runner, The Matrix and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Should We Hire a Watchdog to Hold Accountable President Obama's Bioethics Council?President Obama's Bioethics Panel: The Beginning of the End of Ethics? -
Bioethics: Maybe Not so EthicalBioethics: determining who lives and who dies is another side of the issue.
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An Introduction to BioethicsHave you ever been in life-threatening situation where a critical decision had to be made? Or, do you know anyone who was in the situation and you had to make the decision? In many cases, that would be bioethics. -
Live Ethically (Do the Right Thing)Resources to help you recognize and do the right thing.
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The Bioethics of Euthanasia and Assisted SuicideA look at the ethics of euthanasia, with an emphasis on Catholic and Jewish opinions.
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Practical BioethicsLiving wills, organ donations, and other ways to make bioethics personal
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An Overview of American Bioethics of Medical Code and Its FoundersThis paper attempts to define the field of bioethics - the ethics that drives all medical desicions. It also gives an overview of the major players in its development: Van Rensselar Potter, Joseph Fletcher, Paul Ramsey, Richard McCormick and Peter Singer
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The Legitimacy of BioethicsHow can we gain a field of legitimate bioethicists? ---We must open dialogue to a variety of disciplines and perspectives including philosophy, science, theology, and public policy while staying atune to public opinion.
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Amy Gutmann, Chair of President Obama's Bioethics CouncilWho is this woman and what qualifies her to serve as chair on a bioethics council? Judge for yourself. -
Robert Redford, Jeremiah Johnson, the Haitian Earthquake and the Good DeathJeremiah Johnson died in the woods he loved at the hands of big bear. He died a heroic death, the narrator declares, in calling it a good death. But what's a good death applied to tragedies like the earthquake in Haiti?
