Glenn Hladek, University of Montana
The ethical debate regarding life-saving organ transplants no longer embodies the emotional content generated by the first successful transplant in 1955. The decision of life – no life, and the success of medical intervention has certainly muted that debate…
Katherine Duthie, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada
Abstract: Although scientists have developed tests which enable individuals to determine characteristics of their genetic make-up, no one has yet determined how this technology and the resulting information may be handled ethically. This p…
Russell T. Daley, Graduate Student, California State University, Long Beach
December 13, 2000
presented to: Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
Ohio University
April 28, 2001
“This research is of such fundamental importance that all responsible citizens should be aware of its implications.
—Dr. Shirley J. Wright, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, Un…
By Edward S. Harris, Chowan College
Abstract
For years our understanding of suicide has been commonly defined, as simply, “the taking of ones own life.” Furthermore the word “suicide” in the western tradition has held a negative connotation; most believe that the use of suicide as a solution to a problem is a cowardly act or the action of someone who is n…