Stem Cells & Cloning 3/23/05 Stem Cells, Cloning & Bioethics Bioethics as a basis for decision-making This PPT has been produced as a modification of Steven G. Gilbert’s (PhD, DABT. www.asmalldoseof.org ) work to suit theVCAA study design for VCE Biology curriculum Year 12 Biology Unit 3 Area of study 1: Molecules of Life BIOETHICS
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Stem Cells & Cloning 3/23/05
Stem Cells, Cloning & Bioethics
Bioethics as a basis for decision-making
This PPT has been produced as a modification of Steven G. Gilbert’s (PhD, DABT. www.asmalldoseof.org ) work to suit
theVCAA study design for VCE Biology curriculum
Year 12 BiologyUnit 3
Area of study 1: Molecules of LifeBIOETHICS
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Why Bioethics?
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Current Bioethical Issues
Check the local news paper Stem cells (state, national, international) Genetically Engineered Organisms Knowing your genes In vitro fertilization – choosing your child's
genes and characteristics Global warming Chemicals exposures – human health Environmental health
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"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." -
Aldo Leopold, 1949, A Sand County Almanac
The First Bioethicist
---------- 1887 - 1948 ----------
Aldo Leopold
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“An ethic, ecologically, is a limitation on freedom of action in the struggle for
existence”Aldo Leopold
Limits on Freedom
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Technical Solutions
“It is our considered professional judgment that
this dilemma has no technical solution.”
The Tragedy of the CommonsBy Garrett Hardin, Science, 1968
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Problems – Solutions?
Lead and kids Fetal alcohol syndrome Nuclear disarmament Bioterrorism Ocean Fisheries Persistent chemicals The Commons
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"Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a
science that sets a system of medical and environmental
priorities for acceptable survival.“Global Bioethics (1988)
Bioethics
-------- 1911 - 2001 --------
Van Rensselaer Potter
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1860’s - Scientific method in medicine, Gregor Mendel