Basel, Switzerland

Bioethics

Language: English Studies in English
University website: www.unibas.ch/
Bioethics
Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy and practice. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy. It includes the study of values ("the ethics of the ordinary") relating to primary care and other branches of medicine.
Bioethics
[Bioethics] is "a phony branch of elite philosophy whose principle purpose seems to be to justify allowing badly ill or disabled people to die."
Larry Thornberry, "The Dean of Suspense", The American Spectator (2009-07-08)
Bioethics
The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.
Arthur Caplan, bioethicist, quoted in Joe Levine, "Help From the Unborn Fetal-cell," Time (2001-06-24)
Much greater efficiencies of coal-fired power plants can be achieved by raising steam turbine temperatures and employing innovative combustion processes. Scientists are developing anti-corrosion coatings to facilitate implementation and fewer emissions.
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