it out to be. They also believe that harsher punishments are not the solution. Douglas Husak puts forth an argument that stresses why he believes drunk driving is not a serious offense and should not warrant jail time for the offender‚ while Bonnie Steinbock believes that drunk driving is a very serious offense‚ and could be grounds for murder. Husak’s work fails to convince the reader that drunk driving is not a serious offense because he attempts to put together a formula for measuring its seriousness
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Should Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Be Banned? In recent times‚ there is a great deal of controversy surrounding stem-cell research. Some say that it will contribute substantially in curing diseases like cancer‚ Parkinson’s‚ Lou-Gehrig’s‚ etc while others claim that it violates the ethical and moral norms and principles of the society. Bills promoting stem-cell research have been vetoed several times‚ making it a political issue as well. However‚ stem-cell research should not be banned because
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acceptable when certain stipulations and safeguards are in place. Following research tragedies such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Trial‚ many members of society have lost trust and respect for the scientific community regarding human experimentation (Steinbock‚ London‚ & Arras‚ 2012). Research conducted utilizing human experimentation offers many benefits under the appropriate circumstances; I believe this includes only utilizing subjects over the age of eighteen years old for all invasive studies as well
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wanted to live or not live if in a vegetative state. So this would be a good example in where you want to have your wishes known and insure you appoint someone that is aware of your wishes and will execute your wishes on your beliefs not their own (Steinbock‚ 2012‚ p. 370).“In a final postscript to Schiavo’s life‚ the autopsy conducted after her death established that her brain weighed half that of a healthy human brain -- severe damage that left her blind and incapable of thought or emotion. Quoting
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Annotated Bibliography Oanijah J. Adkins DeVry University Woodard‚ W. (2010). Persian sheep‚ hawksbill turtles and vodsels: The ethics of eating in some contemporary narratives. In W. Woodard (Ed.)‚ Australia: Australian Literary Studies. http://www.devry.library.edu/Ebsco host The essay is presented on how different novelists represented eating animals in their own short essays. One story is a depiction on the ethics of importing animals for slaughtering by presenting
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Compass. Retrieved from http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/database/plants/ Schanker‚ B. (2010). Relativistic perspectives of genetic enhancement: a challenge to future progress. American Journal of Bioethics‚ 10(4)‚ 74-76. doi: 10.1080/15265161003633011 Steinbock‚ B.‚ London‚ A.‚ & Arras‚ J. (2013). Ethical issues in modern medicine: contemporary readings in bioethics (8th ed). New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Use of Antibiotic Resistance Marker Genes in Transgenic Plants. (1998). U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Bioethics – PHI320/BIO312 Syllabus Fall 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Instructor: Professor McGregor joan.mcgregor@asu.edu ------------------------------------------------- Coor 354; Office hours T TH 3-4:30 and by appointment ------------------------------------------------- 480 965-5028 ------------------------------------------------- TAs: Michael Elmer and Bethany Elias Jenner ------------------------------------------------- Class times: Tuesday and Thursday
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animals in experimentation? What are the specific reasons that Singer and Steinbock each provide for their positions? Singer – animals can experience pleasure/pain so they deserve our moral consideration. Speciesism is an injustice parallel to racism and sexism. · Not all animal lives are of equal worth. Human interests may outweigh those of nonhumans. · Need of an overall balance of pleasure over suffering Steinbock · Pain of animals is a morally relevant consideration but is not morally
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Animal liberation is a viewpoint of which humans can view the relationship and interactions they hold with animals. This essay will discuss what animal liberation is‚ the main philosophers behind animal liberation‚ how animal liberation view the relationship with animals‚ the importance of the individuals role in creating their own relationships with animals‚ and how vegetarian diets are more sustainable than non-vegetarian diets and the criticism of this view. Animal liberation is the idea of understanding
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Each philosopher has a different view on whether or not it is wrong for Americans to go into a grocery store and buy factory farmed food because‚ that would mean we are supporting an industry that puts profits first in line instead of the animals rights like causing them harm. Americans are not wrong for buying factory farmed food. Factory farmed food is not wrong because‚ if buying factory farmed food is what certain people like it is not wrong for them to buy it‚ other people can not judge people
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