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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the ethical and moral implications of new biological discoveries and biomedical advances, as in the fields of genetic engineering and drug research.
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- noun ethics The branch of
ethics that studies theimplications ofbiological andbiomedical advances.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
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Examples
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As if bioethics is a legitimate or recognized entity … … Please
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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First, I do happen to have a significant interest in bioethics (and topics other than ID), but since I don't have the time to start up and maintain a Bioethics Blog, I file some of those postings in the only blog I do contribute to (not counting the book blog, that is).
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The discipline that considers the morality of applications of biotechnology and medicine to humanity is called bioethics.
The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006
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Has this novel changed any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics like stem cell research or genetically manipulated offspring?
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The discipline that considers the morality of applications of biotechnology and medicine to humanity is called bioethics.
The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006
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The basic idea is summarized in the essay, Two Aspects of Brain Dead Being, and the background is presented in an essay on the brain death debate in Japanese bioethics, Reconsidering Brain Death.
Readables 2005
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With a background in bioethics, Greely spearheaded the creation of a "Model Ethical Protocol" to govern the collection and use of DNA samples.
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With a background in bioethics, Greely spearheaded the creation of a "Model Ethical Protocol" to govern the collection and use of DNA samples.
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Another is Cardinal Angelo Scola, the patriarch of Venice, a media-savvy intellectual who has written about bioethics, which is surely one of the immediate issues facing the next pope
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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But enhancement technologies are still not a big topic of debate in bioethics.
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