Chapter 2 – Ethics and Human Interface
Ethics –
Ethics may be defined as the systematic study of human actions from the point of view of their rightfulness or wrongfulness, as means for the attainment of the ultimate happiness.
Set of standards – Placed by Society on itself – Guide of behaviour, choices, and actions
Greek Word – Ethos – Character, habit, customs, ways of behaviour, etc.
Note – Morality can be individual.
– Ethics is neither religion nor law.
– Guilty of thinking (Emanuel Kant)
Why Ethics – Ethical and Moral Principles help to attain what is best for one.
Nutrition and morality
Bio – Ethics
Beginning of Life Issues
Abortion
Right of the Unborn Child
Stem Cell Research
Human Cloning and Designer Babies
End of Life Issues
Euthanasia (India)
Suicide (Mental Healthcare Act, 2017)
Randomized Clinical Trials
Beneficiaries of Research
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