What is Ethics?
The term ethics is tossed around quite a bit in many
different forums. We hear from politically leaders about ethics
or having high ethical standards. In business, nearly every leader
and/or owner will address ethics as a primary concern to ensure their
clients and customers that they have the best interests in mind. But
really, what is ethics? (more)
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Many people have been advocating
and supporting the use of stem cells to research possible cures to
Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, diabetes, spinal cord injuries,
heart aliments and a wide variety of diseases and conditions. It is
the hope of these people that a way can be found to use this type of
cell to end the pain and suffering of these people. The debate has
taken many forms from congressional hearings to television commercials
with celebrities. Almost all of them avoid the fundamental issue of
just what and where these stem cells come from. During the second
debate of the 2004 presidential debate series, John Kerry and George
Bush were each asked about their stand on issue of embryonic stem cell
of research and their support for public funding. John Kerry said
that he would fully support the research as well as full public
funding. However, George Bush responded “we've got to be very careful
in balancing the ethics and the science” and “to destroy life to save
life is -- it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face.”
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The Ethics of Medical Suicide
Everyone will die; this is an inescapable fact of
our fallen world. Our physical bodies will cease to work either
through injury or disease. Medical technology has provided many
advances in treating diseases and repairing the injuries. These
medical advances have given our society a quality of life better than
in previous generations as well as providing the expectation of living
longer. But, the fundamental outcome remains, we will still die.
This is where we reach the ethical problem. When the medical
practitioners have reached the limits of technology and there is
nothing that can be done, the person will die. So, what is the next
course of action left for the dying person?
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