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Lecture on Designer babies : A Health Wonder Or an Ethical Error

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  This lecture is presented by our volunteer Laraib Elahi, she is from Karachi, Pakistan, and she is covering "Designer babies : A Health Wonder Or an Ethical Error. " for video: for slides:

Bioethics: ethical issues concerning medicine

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INTRODUCTION: Bioethics is a multidisciplinary branch of study that examines the ethical, legal, philosophical, and social implications of advances in life sciences and medicine. Its responsibility encompasses not only issues regarding possible courses of action in response to such developments, but also interpretations of concepts like "life," "death," and "person," as well as questions concerning the consequences for how we define human life in changing social situations. Many bioethical challenges, such as variations in life expectancy, access to resources, and the problems created by pandemics, have a worldwide aspect, raising concerns about the viability of a global bioethics.[1]   (EVANS.2001)   ETHICS is that the rational reflection on what's right, what's wrong, what's just, what's unjust, what's good and what's bad in term of human behavior. Some Ethical Principles are: ·          Truthfulness. ·    ...