Bioethics

health, she may not be in the right mental state to do so. The physicians on this case might take into consideration that paternalism may be necessary in this situation and they may choose to override Dorthea’s actions and decisions for her own good (Bioethics 9-10). Goldman did not believe physicians should practice full disclosure and that allowing patients full control over their decisions minimizes the risk of harm to patient’s health and lives. He believes that doctors should be better…

global bioethics, the nurse does not just care about the country they are currently serving; they care about the country they left. The strongest argument against this claim comes from professional autonomy, or the choice people have in their career. If a nurse left a country for a better life, worked hard, and achieved their goal, we cannot stop force them to go back to their country. That would be ethnocentric, and I agree with this argument. However, if we wish to achieve global bioethics, we…

” published in Glannon’s book, From Genes and Future people: Philosophical Issues in Human Genetics (and later in Bioethics Principles, Issues, and Cases.) Glannon believes that “gene therapy is permissible if it is intended to ensure or restore normal functions, but it is morally illegitimate if it is aimed at enhancing functions beyond normal.” (577) Glannon, a professor of bioethics and philosophy at the University of Calgary, holds the Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Ethics and Ethical…

Physician assisted suicide occurs when a doctor provides a patient with lethal drugs that the patient then uses to end their own life. It is usually intended for patients with a terminal illness as a means of relieving the patient of their pain and allowing them to die peacefully with dignity. The morality of physician assisted suicide has been a controversial debate among ethicists and healthcare professionals for a long time. Critics of physician assisted suicide argue that taking an…

Annotated Bibliography The Bioethics of Cloning Devolder, Katrien. "Cloning." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford, CT: Stanford U, Metaphysics Research Lab., 2004. 212-214. Print. This encyclopedia page describes the relationship between cloning and its embryonic cells. Cloned embryonic cells carry important advantages in biomedical research, drug recovery, and toxicity testing that regular cells don’t: these cells can be models when animal cells are not available, research in…

Human Cloning “Chung and his team only had two out of thirty-nine tries that produced an embryo”(Cha). Human cloning is engineering of an identical copy of a human’s genes. If this process doesn’t go right, scientist are taking the embryos and destroying them in a manner that is unethical. The Bible says that God gave us life as a blessing; therefor, we should choose life so our offspring may live. Human cloning needs to be stopped because it goes against our religious beliefs, it can be harmful…

The Dalai Lama, Temple Puja and Buddhist teachings involved in bioethics can all have an impact and influence the lives and decisions of people of the Buddhist community make. The Dalai Lama is a significant person in the Buddhist tradition due to him making buddhism accessible to the Western World, Promoting buddhism through outreach to other religions, simplifying and clarifying the buddhist teachings and promoting world peace in line with the eightfold path. These have allowed him to impact…

For a majority of countries around the world, agriculture remains at the forefront of their economic stature. The portion of countries that have moved away from agriculture, tend to work on and improve manufacturing and technology-based businesses. Even though agriculture is not a priority amongst the job market in more developed countries, like the United States, it is still important due to being the most reliable source of food. So applying advancements to agriculture seems like a novel idea,…

individual’s own good. The principle of paternalism may seem permissible in instances where an individual that has mental or psychological issues may need the authority of a guardian in order to prevent any harm in that individual’s future (Vaughn ‘Bioethics’, 10). This case is an example of weak paternalism, which is defined as making a decision for someone’s benefit who is already incapable of acting competently under decisions. In this case, Mr. Simpson’s family thinks that the flu shot will…

While an older donor may still have healthy organs, organs from donors should only be transplanted within their age group (President’s Council on Bioethics 33). The real issue is that an older organ may not last a younger patient a full lifetime, which would result in the patient returning to the transplant list for a second time. Furthermore, there may be a suspicion of discrimination within the transplant…