Bioethics Essay

BIOETHICS ESSAY
When we talk about bioethics we are basically saying what is and isnt ethical, usually
in a health care setting. Bioethics is a very important subject to become familiar with when
planning to work in a healthcare setting. Critical thinking is an important aspect in everyones
life. The question is do they correlate with each other. Bioethics has a lot of similarities to
critical thinking, because in bioethics you have to use critical thinking in order to determine
what is and isnt ethical. Bioethics discusses a lot of controversial topics and asks a lot of
questions about things such as patient rights, confidentiality, physician assisted suicide and
many more. The incredible, and almost unimaginable, technological advances of the past
quarter century have brought issues in bioethics to the forefront of public attention. These
advances have already provided remarkable enhancements for human life, and they hold the
potential for even more improvements. Unfortunately, this accelerated pace of scientific
advancement has hindered the ability of our cultural values and laws, in many cases, to deal
adequately with the opportunities and dangers such developments present. Science continues to
develop at a pace that exceeds the pace of public debate and political action. Consequently, the
basic moral questions remain: Are we in some cases treating human life as raw material to be
exploited as a natural resource? Have we blurred the line between creation and manufacture?
What moral boundaries should researchers observe?
There may be no more pressing area of bioethics than the ethics surrounding the
creation of life. Ethical issues surfacing at the beginning of life include those involving
human cloning, embryonic stem cell research, and genetic manipulation. To address these
issues is to address the eternal question: When does life begin? Many individuals believe that
human life begins at conception and others find that a blastocyst, a human in the earliest stage
of development, does not become a human being until it looks like a human being and can do
some of what human beings do. How one defines the beginning of life has a large impact on
how one views the ethics of actions such as abortion and embryonic stem cell research. For
instance, if a human being becomes such at the moment of conception, the human embryo
that later develops must "be defended in its integrity, tended and cared for, to the extent
possible, in the same way as any other human being . In addition to embryonic stem cell
research, human cloning is an issue in bioethics that, while it first gained wide attention
several years ago, remains an issue of significant public attention. From the announcement
that the first animal was cloned in 1997 in Edinburgh, Scotland. During the course of a
human life, several bioethical issues can arise that require attention-including the use of
genetic profiling in the criminal justice system, the ability to receive informed consent during
human subject research, and the proper method of legislating medical research and in forming
public policy regarding biotechnology . Ethical issues in biotechnology involve not only
maintaining an individual's dignity during medical treatment, but also respecting an
individual's Constitutional rights of privacy and due process.
End of a human life, ethical considerations become prevalent just as in any other time.
Issues developing at the end of life concern the questions-when does, when should, and how
should-life end? Furthermore, an important question remains-is a person ever morally
justified in causing the death of another? One might say that causing death is morally wrong
because the subject of the act loses a part of his autonomy, or "the capacity to plan and
choose a future." 6 Consequently, the question arises-if a person desires death, is another
person causing harm to him by causing his death? The answer to this question requires a
recognition that the sanctity of human life, even more than a person's autonomy, requires the
kind of reverence that prohibits any person from causing the death of another. End of life
decisions has huge effect on me because it causes many ethical dilemmas for health care
providers, patients, and their families. As a Muslim a health care student I would not take
away life Or help in assisting anyone to end his/her life even when he/she is motivated by
mercy. This is prohibited because this is not one of the legitimate indications for killing.
Therefore, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are forbidden in Islam. On the
other hand, seeking treatment is not a must that every Muslim should do. Therefore,
withholding and withdrawing treatment are not considered sins, even though it may lead to
the death of the ill person.
organ transplantation and organ fare( trafficking ) organ transplantation is the most
breakthrough in medical field but there is some ethical issues regarding in organ
transplantation the main basic one are justice and equity and if those two principals have met
its okay to have organ transportation . in cases of organ trafficking its unethicall and morally
wrong . I see organ transplantation as an invaluable gift to those in pain and suffering from
organ failure and I believe its way of doing good deeds so I will do if its necessary and one
of my familys needs organ.
Biotechnology, specifically genetic engineering, is already a beneficial resource,
employed in medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture. We have begun reaping the practical
rewards of genetic engineering such as new medical therapies and increased crop yields and
so far only a few instances of measurable harm have resulted. Genetic engineering has the
potential to improve our health and well-being dramatically, revolutionize our manner of
living, help us to conserve limited resources, and produce new wealth. Provided that it is
appropriately regulated, bearing in mind ethical concerns relating to dignity, harmful
consequences, and justice, its potential benefits outweigh its harms. As with any
revolutionary technology, anxieties, fears, and moral objections to the promise of genetic
engineering abound. Some are well-grounded and suggest caution, while others are the
product of misinformation, religious prejudice, or hysteria. We should sort out those
objections based on sound science and reason from those that are unfounded.
Human experimentation can be referred to in science as the use of human beings as

experimental subjects for the fundamental purpose to develop or contribute to generalize
knowledge about the physiological, psychological, or chemical processes involved in human
functioning. Unacceptable human experimentation can be defined as experimentation on a
human subject in which the subject is an unwilling or uninformed participant and/or the
subject of the experiment is exposed to unnecessary pain and misery whether it be physically,
mentally, or emotionally.In all phases of human existence, we have a duty to respect the
dignity of the human person and to ensure that this dignity is respected by others. Although
advances in medical technology can eventually help people to lead longer, and perhaps
healthier, lives, these advances should not come at the cost of the lives of others. Nor should
advances in medical technology be exercised if such procedures violate the dignity of the
person on whom they are exercised. Rather, biotechnology should proceed at a pace that
ensures that the inherent dignity of the human person is upheld while allowing science to
improve the quality of lives
Abdishakur Muse

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