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Ever since I have watched the movie Donnie Darko, this scene struck me the most. The ethics teacher from the movie gives out an in class assignment to the students which requires them to place several character dilemmas into a 'lifeline' of two categories. However, like Donnie points out, human emotion has a much larger spectrum than just Fear and Love; although they might be the most prevalent emotions, it doesn't necessarily make them the only emotions. (Filippo)
An interesting account of the blend of ethics and religion. How the modern Christian might asses a situation, with modern sociological and psychological 'truths' in mind. It explains the meaning for Christianity and the 'search for knowledge' it tries to achieve through searching Jesus and his teachings (ethical teachings). I am not religious, though it really is an interesting excerpt. (Filippo)
I found this Ethics Quiz which was actually pretty fun because it had questions that had some pretty real-life problems that I have been through before. At the end though, I had "8 incorrect" ... does that make me "Unethical" ?? (Sean Williams)
I just took this ethics quiz and got six wrong. The questions were basedon our every day life. However, I don't know whether this quiz makes takers become right ethicist. I started to ask myself about what is right and wrong. This amoral feeling kept casting a doubt on my ethical beliefs and views. I don't think this quiz was well designed for us to see whether we are ethical or unethical; since, there are diverse situations and people have own beliefs and views to treat things morally or immorally. (Soo Hyung Jung)
I took the quiz! It was interesting but I thought that some of the questions were irrelevant to ethics. (kento)
I was just reading over an article that I found on the BBC about whether it is right or wrong to raise funds. In most cases, charities raise money for the right causes in the right manner. They help others that are in need of this aid. Sometimes though, companies or families that have done bad things or are regarded as "bad" donate money or raise funds for good charities. Is it unethical for these "bad" donators to donate money just for the sake of "donating" or to cover up for their bad image?? (Sean Williams)
This video is about the (in)famous stanford prison experiment. It shows clips and is explained by Philip Zimbardo who was in charge of the experiment. It addresses a theme of Morality and Ethics in Science. Some questions it raises for me are: Is it ethical to make these kids act like gaurds and prisoners?does it make a difference if they do it volentarily? even if its an experiment? (JP)
This is actually kind of scary, as it shows how ordinary people can be made to do inordinary things through simple persuasion. excellent link (Gerard)
Yea, this clip was kinda scary. Umm, I think most of humans have violent tendencies if they are put in the right situation. However, I just don't think this experiment (this clip) wasn't really set perfectly for seeking accurate reactions or results. I assume that if u come up with better experiments, it will just cause more problems and troubles in the process of designed experiment; since, guards and testers are just coercing and using authoritiy to get what they want regardless of each person's personality. (Soo Hyung Jung)
This is an example of ethics in Biology. Indeed, in-vitro fertilization (conception outside of the womb) has triggered countless debates and questioned some ethic morals. Some ethical factors that are considered are: we are playing with God; we throw away unused embryos; humans have the fundamental right to live. If you want to learn more, click on the link! I found this while searching "ethics in biology" on google. (Harry O'Sullivan)
This site talks about the ethics in biology. There are a lot of debate going on with biology and IVF (in-vitro fertilization) is one of the subjects that are being debated. I found the similar site that involves human cloning and I found out that tall these sites talk about the what does it mean to be alive and is it moral to experiment with the sex cells. Some people approach this problem with religious view and all the sex cells are holy and that God gave them right to live. Some people approach this problem with realistic value thinking that sex cells are just same as another cell and it is okay to be experimented. So who is actually ethically right? (Chae Young)
We talked about this in biology, but we could also talk more extensively about the ethical implications of IVF. There are countless pros and cons, and truly deciding whether the procedure is good or bad is very hard. The ethical issue is most probably the overproduction of embryos, followed by their termination. Additionally, the ability of scientists to decide who lives and dies is something that religious parties find difficult to accept. This link opens many doors in connecting ethics and science (Quentin).
I feel that this debate on IVF is one that could keep going on forever. As everyone mentioned, while I was learning about IVF in biology class, I somewhat sympathized with the people in favour of IVF. This is because as I watched the video and seeing some of the emotional distress that the women and men suffered from infertility, I realized something... who are we to Prevent the opportunity of life? Yes embryos may be killed in the process by the ill fate of a doctor, but on the other hand, life is created, and is going to be cared for by a loving and caring couple who surely deserve a child for their hope and courage. (Sean Williams)
This website detailedly explains the concept of Kant's Categorical Imperative, which is a way of evaluating motives of actions taken. "At the heart of Kan'ts moral philosophy is a conception of reason whose reach in practical affairs goes well beyond that of a Human slave to the passions. Moreover, it is the presence of this self-governing reason in each person that Kant thought offered decisive grounds for viewing each as possessed of equal worth and deserving of equal respect." This means that because humans are reasonable being, we should be seen as equally worthy men. Kant refuted the utilitarian views, such as that murder is wrong as it does not maximize people's benefit, because the standard for those views is way too subjective. I recommend not to read every section but just a few of them. (Shawn)
I read this source and I thought that this site shows how vague our standard for the moral values is. Every person has different desire, goals, and standarad ideas that can affect the moral values according to this site. So even if we say that murder is bad, the rate of how bad murdering person can be different according to person's desire, goals, and standard ideas that they have. If someone wants to be a murderer and desire to kill people, murder will not be seen as morally wrong action. So from this site, I could tell that the rules that we have right no in the society is the moral values that the majority of the people have and if there is someone who has different moral values, we consider them as bad people or criminals who do illegal acts. So my question is...how far can our moral values be justified? Is there a universal moral value that everyone can agree on? (Chae Young)
This website also gives a general good idea of Kantian ethics. He claims that only actions done for the sake of duty is ethically worth it. This means that if my motive of an action was emotional, caused by personal inclination, this has no ethical value. On the other hand, if I help a citizen from fire, I filfilled my duty to save whoever was in danger, so that becomes morally worthy. This is just one example of Kant's ethical theories, and there are far more than this one, so please do find the interesting articles here. (Shawn)
I found number three (practical imperative) very interesting. Kant states that you should "Act to treat humanity, whether yourself or another, as an end-in-itself and never as a means." In this modern-day, how prevalent is the act of doing exactly what this statement says not to do? People lie and cheat to each other just so they can 'get by'. This type of ethics does not relate to a specific field, but it can very much be related to how we live and interact with each other. (Harry O'Sullivan)
I really dislike the idea that kant proposes as shawn says "that only actions done for the sake of duty is ethically worth it". although it does make sence when posed with situations like the saveing a citizen from a fire, i refute the idea that emotions cant play a role in ethically valueable decisions. i think emotions spurr much of what we consider "duty" and so it goes hand in hand when deciding what an ethical choice or action is. (jp)
This site gives us more insight on the implications of human cloning, and cloning in general, ethically. To think that humans have been elevated to the level of conception raises many questions. The relationship between science and ethics is very conflicted, as the answers are never easy. In the future, cloning may be the answer to increased infertility because of environmental factors, but will we still pursue the belief that only God is responsible for life. Cloning acts as a "remarkable test for human restraint" and as the author puts it, "will in many ways identify the moral features of 21st century biotechnology" (Quentin).
This Website talks about what applying ethics is and how it is passed on throughout the history. This source is written by Santa Clara University. There were two interesting things that were written in this source. First one was 'Spice for the good life' and second one was 'Truth and Consequence'. I thought that when we make ethical or moral decisions we ask these two questions of how it is good for the better life and what kind of truth and consequence your action is going to be brought to the society and other people. There are several other aspects about the applying ethics and I thought it was very interesting. (Chae Young)
This article is about the applying ethics to the cloning of the organism. There are both pros and cons to this argument. Some say it is okay for the cloning because the cells cannot feel any pain and they are not classified as 'living'. On the other hand, cons say that the GOD gave every cell right to live and embryo which is created out of an egg and a sperm is very holy to be used as the subject of the experiment. However, the debate continuously goes on which if the cloning is ethical or not and what kind of action is classified as 'ethical'. (Chae Young)
I found a site related to this topic. Although I have no concrete stance on the issue itself, I find the debate very interesting. After studying biology, I am very much familiar with this debate. Both reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning have been a medium for strong political debate; apparently, 55% of Congress allow reproductive cloning but not therapeautic cloning (which I believe to be preposterous). 12% want no ban on both ways. Personally, I don't see how one can allow one without allowing the other. (Harry O'Sullivan)
This particular websites discusses the religious and ethical issues regarding therapeutic cloning. For those of you who don't take biology, therapeutic cloning is also called biomedical cloning, and research cloning. It involves the process of somatic cell nuclear transfer in which the nucleus of a cell from a human patient's body is injected into a human ovum which has had its nucleus removed. I found this quite easily after a simple google search; this is a very famous ethical topic. It is a perfect example of how ethics can relate to biology. (Harry O'Sullivan)
Cloning is another subject of much debate in many circles. as harry stated above, it involves implanting a nucleus in another human cell to allow a clone to be made out of it. This link is very informative on the subject of the ethics involved in the process (Gerard)
Therapeutic cloning is a good topic to discuss about when it comes to ethics, because it both relates to morality and religion. I found this website useful because this site approaches several ethical issues. I also find the website helpful from how it states the percentage of people who agrees to the idea of therapeutic cloning. (Jangho Seo)
I feel that the real problem here involving the topic of ethics is the true definition of "life". Some people say that embryos = life... but some say that embryos are just a "collection of cells". When we talk about killing "life"... people seem to differ on this point where we can say that, yes, "this is life". (Sean Williams)
The author of this website asserts that humans act before they think, thus ethics is a part of human emotion, much less affected by reason than once thought. Scientists now know that we feel before we think, causing physiological change before the information is entered to the brain. Then here rises a question: "Without emotional values, why should one course of action be preferable to any other, can a set of outcomes have any benefit unless valued?" The author responds, saying that ethics differentiate us from other animals, thus humans should be controlling these. Then the deduction follows, based on these premises, and one deduction I found interesting was "Fifth there is a delay between our actions and their intellectual justification." We've learned in the chapter of perception that people perceive the way they want. Emotion is a strong factor that affects our actions, and we do enchant reasons to those AFTER its been done. (Shawn)
Utilitarianism puts mutual benefit as the greatest virtue of all. Indeed, "So long as a course of action produces maximum benefits for everyone, utilitarianism does not care whether the benefits are produced by lies, manipulation, or coercion," and Jeremy Bentham, the founder of this philosophy, favored the quote "the greatest good for the greatest number." The gist of this article is that utilitarianism has several difficulties. For one, the term "good" is so ambiguous that it lacks reality. The seeking of mutual benefit in fact may be much harder than what people think. Moreover, this philosophy fails to put justice in account. That is to say, if an inhumane doing, such as murder and rape, benefits a lot of people, then it should be justified. The author gives an example of South Africa, where racists claim that the White rule of the nation will benefit the Blacks and the Whites. In economical terms, perhaps yes, but their statement is simply justifying the White domination of the country. (Shawn)
I found this link by typing how to apply ethics in real life. It tells you how, what, where, why, and some other aspects of ethics. Although they are not very long, they are written in concise form. Therefore, I recommend everyone to check this link. (Kiyo)
I found it interesting how BBC has an ethics page, but actually, it's quite informative and may be useful. This page does not go deeply or detailed but, we can use this as a step to do some more detailed, analysis work. Also, I found the four "-isms" interesting. These "-isms" are realism, subjectivism, emotivism, and prescriptivism. Here, they use these "-isms" to explain many morals. (Nari)
Same as Nari, it was surprising to see that BBC had an ethics page, although now that I think of it, the inclass test we did was also on the BBC website. With this being an intro, I like the fact that it summarizes everything in a nutshell. In TOK, things tend to get overcomplicated (at least in my opinion), so I think that it is important for simple pages like this to be read, so that more people can understand the concept of ethics being a way of knowing in TOK. (Edward)
Platonic Virtues Frede, Dorothea. "Plato's Ethics: An Overview."Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2009): n. pag. Web. 21 May 2011.
Platonic virtues teaches that human well-being is the ultimate goal in life, and the highest aim of moral thought and conduct. Platonic believers also believe that happiness is the ultimate state, but this state is unachievable. They also suggest that moral values should be placed on a political order that can be maintained. This line of thought is not to be confused with hedonism, which is a Greek school of thought which only aims to maximize pleasure. I found this link while searching for Platonic values. This link is very informative and very detailed, although most important details can be gleaned from the introduction. I believe this link is trustworthy, as it has been published on the site of a well-known university. (Gerard)
Stem cell research is still very controversial in many countries around the world, mainly because to obtain good stem cells, one must extract them from embryos. This has many different moral issues, from the black market trade in embryos to the actual extraction process. Many religions, such as catholicism, are strongly opposed to this, as was the Bush administration. Stem cell research may prove vital for the future, however, as through stem cells we may one day be able to grow our very own organs without needing to harvest them from other people. I included this link and this topic because I believe it is one that is still undergoing strong debate. I believe this link is trustworthy, as it has been published by the University of Michigan. (Gerard)
We used to cover this topic in debate, and it indeed has been the hot potato among scholars. Here we see that this technology may open possibilities for remedies in cancer and other nervous system diseases, yet the cost of it, an embryonic cell, is somewhat too big. People debate whether embryos can be considered true organisms since they aren't completely developed, and it seems that other topics of debate continue to be created from this stem cell issue. I personally think that stem cells should be allowed under strictly restricted conditions, where researchers are only given unwanted embryos (like the teenagers') and use them for only legit purposes. (Shawn)
I was wondering the difference between ethics and moral. Ethics is a system of moral principles and on the other hand, moral is the justification of what is wrong and right. But still I was confused that why ethics can be moral and moral cannot be ethics. I found this article on internet by typing ethics vs moral on google.(Kiyo)
This link talks about the relationship between art and ethics, giving an example about a certain art exhibition. While it does not necessarily provide any definitions or answers, the article does make us think about how art can be "unethical," and whether or not all great pieces of art are "ethical." It was interesting to find how ethics was related to art, and how ethics can limit artistic freedom. This may be used better as a worksheet rather than as a source of information, but is a thought-provocative source nonetheless. (Edward)
I really like how it asks questions. If we were to a TOK next year on the relationship of art and ethics, these questions would certainly be useful in making a good connection between the writer and reader. As Eddie says above, it really doesn't give you many answers, because the questions are very open-ended and personal. So, again, making arguments and counter arguments based on what you think personally about this relationship is what these questions can help with (Quentin).
I thought that this TOK talk is interesting as it guides you through, just as if you're taking a TOK class. All the questions that this person asks are good TOK questions, where there are no definite answers. One of the questions that this person talks about is whether art is ethical or unethical. I guess this is up to each person to decide because everybody has there own sense, and it is how you feel. I believe that it could be both ethical or unethical because it depends on the art piece. (Nari)
The link above talks about an ethically controversial situation: to be or not to be cannibals. It is wrong to take another person's life, but is it justified when you are saving the lives of three others? The article also discusses how there is no standard of something being "right," but an ethical action is "something that is less wrong." Ethics vary according to culture, which may be why people disagree on decisions - because their definitions of "right" and "ethically correct" are different. (Edward)
This site explains how to deal with ethical dilemmas, and separates the process into 3 important steps: analyze the consequences, analyze the actions, and make a decision. By asking yourself the right questions, you'll be able to make the right decisions. This three step strategy asks you to look carefully at the effect of your action, and how your action measures up to things such as fairness, trust, dignity and equality. I think that when dealing with ethical dilemmas, as seen in class, we all respond differently. If there's a way to look at a situation under a common "lens" then maybe we could all coexist (Quentin).
I like how the site takes you into steps of the process of facing an ethical dilemma. This site gives us an advice on what and how we should decide and think when facing a dilemma. For example, this site mentions about the consequences you have to consider before taking an action. The three steps that this link talks about gives us help on the ethical reasoning we should take into account while resolving a dilemma. (Jangho Seo)
Like Jangho said, I like the way there are labeled and easy-to-follow steps to solving an ethical dilemma, taking consequences into consideration as well. Since almost nothing can be argued to be "universally correct" in ethics, I think that having these procedures makes decision making easier for us, and at the same time, we can learn to avoid unethical choices. I think that this is a helpful link for people of all ages. (Edward)
This site contains a critical review on the situational ethics. This site is useful because the author of this article uses specific sources and examples of theorists. The author points out the problems that happen in the situation ethics and discusses deeply about it. This article will help us think more deeply about the ethics that we discuss in class and give us more perspectives to see from on situation ethics. (Jangho)
This article is about ethical issues discussed about cloning. Cloning is a popular topic discussed when it comes to ethical issues. Even movies were made that is based on ethical issues of cloning, such as "Island". This site shows us an example of how ethical issues could be discussed on certain specific subject or ideas. I also chose this topic because it is a topic that everyone finds interest in. (Jangho Seo)
Some of you many know this video already since it has become famous recently. This, I think, is a great video that shows sources of morality being discussed. You have to chose which choice is better: to kill one person or five person; you know that there is no other choice other than these two choices. Here, college students discuss from different perspectives, and using the sources of morality, in which we discussed during class as well, to support their idea and choice. It is worth watching because you can see many different perspectives that you may not even think of. (Nari)
I actually love Michael Sandel...the part where he discusses skepticism is my favorite, and I agree to his claim that skepticism is unavoidable because as he said, we leave a lot of our questions to it. He then refers to Kant, saying "Skepticism is a resting place for humans. It prevents us from being dogmatic, but it is not a permanent dwelling where people should dig deep and investigate too much...Skepticism can never suffice the people." (Shawn)
This is a TED video which I found. This person, Sam Harris, talks about morality in science, and he talks about the fact that science can answer moral questions. This is somewhat interesting to watch, as many questions flow through your head regarding whether you agree with Sam Harris or not. (Nari)
This is an article about how ethics is applied in math. He defines each subjects and compares and contrasts ethics & mathematics. Many easy formulas and equations to prove how they are similar and how they interact each other, It might seem very complicated when you just see the numbers up there; however, when you actually read his statement, solutions and the process ofanalyzing two different subjects, you will easily see how ethics can be applied to other field of areas, especially mathematics. (Soo Hyung Jung)
I was motivated to search how ethics is applied to one of my 'favorite' subjects, physics. I never thought of any kind of similarities between ethics and physics; since, physics, and most of science subjects are based on logics and facts. Because of the definition of ethics, it seems hard to connect with physics. Since, the ethics is like a code of acceptable social behavior. However, this article shows that how ethics can be thought of in a scientific context when physics reached the point where the subjective reality of physical phenomena is no longer enough to explain the origin of those phenomena. This article seems boring and long, but it's actually full of practical and intelligent contents that will help you to understand how ethics is applied to physics. (Soo Hyung Jung)
This link is helpful because it clearly states the difference of "morality" and "ethics", which many people get them them confused often times. It also shows different types of ethics, which I personally did nt know that there were several types/categories of ethics. (Albert Takagi)
One of the ethical views, Stoicism is a philosophical ethics from the Hellenistic period. Stoicists believe that emotions and ethics are connected. They believe that destructive emotions, such as fury and fear, are developed by the errors in the judgement, which is basically actions that go against their ethics. If they become a sage or a person with moral perfection, they would not suffer from these emotions. (Taku Kitamura)
This website was very interesting to me because it states that "an artist should also be an ethical person." The reason is that Art is the form of dominion over the creation and to become an ethical person, a person has to have dominion over all things. Art seems to have no relationships with the ethics, but I consider art as the expression of the emotions, which always develop from the ethical views and person's morality; therefore, I agree to the author of this website that they are proportional. (Taku Kitamura)
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"Fear vs. Love." Youtube - Fear vs. Love. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38N9QvsdzU>.
Ever since I have watched the movie Donnie Darko, this scene struck me the most. The ethics teacher from the movie gives out an in class assignment to the students which requires them to place several character dilemmas into a 'lifeline' of two categories. However, like Donnie points out, human emotion has a much larger spectrum than just Fear and Love; although they might be the most prevalent emotions, it doesn't necessarily make them the only emotions. (Filippo)
MacArthur, John. "The Heart of True Ethics."www.gty.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2011. <http://www.gty.org/Resources/Articles/A364_The-Heart-of-True-Ethics>.
An interesting account of the blend of ethics and religion. How the modern Christian might asses a situation, with modern sociological and psychological 'truths' in mind. It explains the meaning for Christianity and the 'search for knowledge' it tries to achieve through searching Jesus and his teachings (ethical teachings). I am not religious, though it really is an interesting excerpt. (Filippo)
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Cohen, Randy. "The Good, The Bad & The Difference."Take the "Be the Ethicist" Quiz. Random House, 2007. Web. 9 May 2011. <http://www.randomhouse.com/quizzes/index.cgi?ethicist>.
"Ethics Guide." Fundraising. BBC, 15 12 2009. Web. 9 May 2011. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/fundraising.shtml>.
Zimbardo, Philip Zimbardo. "YouTube - Zimbardo Shows How Most Evil Comes from Hierarchy." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. YOUTUBE. Web. 12 May 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ>
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- This video is about the (in)famous stanford prison experiment. It shows clips and is explained by Philip Zimbardo who was in charge of the experiment. It addresses a theme of Morality and Ethics in Science. Some questions it raises for me are: Is it ethical to make these kids act like gaurds and prisoners?does it make a difference if they do it volentarily? even if its an experiment? (JP)
- This is actually kind of scary, as it shows how ordinary people can be made to do inordinary things through simple persuasion. excellent link (Gerard)
- Yea, this clip was kinda scary. Umm, I think most of humans have violent tendencies if they are put in the right situation. However, I just don't think this experiment (this clip) wasn't really set perfectly for seeking accurate reactions or results. I assume that if u come up with better experiments, it will just cause more problems and troubles in the process of designed experiment; since, guards and testers are just coercing and using authoritiy to get what they want regardless of each person's personality. (Soo Hyung Jung)
I, . "IVF Ethics." www.ivf.net. IVF, 2011. Web. 18 May 2011. <http://www.ivf.net/ivf/ivf-ethics-o2120.html>. IVFKant's Moral Philosophy"Kant's Moral Philosophy." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, Web. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/>.
Kantian Ethics "Kantian Ethics." Philosopher.lander.edu. Philosopher.lander.edu, 28 Sep 2009. Web. 20 May 2011.
- This website also gives a general good idea of Kantian ethics. He claims that only actions done for the sake of duty is ethically worth it. This means that if my motive of an action was emotional, caused by personal inclination, this has no ethical value. On the other hand, if I help a citizen from fire, I filfilled my duty to save whoever was in danger, so that becomes morally worthy. This is just one example of Kant's ethical theories, and there are far more than this one, so please do find the interesting articles here. (Shawn)
- I found number three (practical imperative) very interesting. Kant states that you should "Act to treat humanity, whether yourself or another, as an end-in-itself and never as a means." In this modern-day, how prevalent is the act of doing exactly what this statement says not to do? People lie and cheat to each other just so they can 'get by'. This type of ethics does not relate to a specific field, but it can very much be related to how we live and interact with each other. (Harry O'Sullivan)
- I really dislike the idea that kant proposes as shawn says "that only actions done for the sake of duty is ethically worth it". although it does make sence when posed with situations like the saveing a citizen from a fire, i refute the idea that emotions cant play a role in ethically valueable decisions. i think emotions spurr much of what we consider "duty" and so it goes hand in hand when deciding what an ethical choice or action is. (jp)
Ethical Implications of Cloning McGee, Glenn. "Primer on Ethics and Human Cloning."Action BioScience. American Institute of Biological Sciences, February 2001. Web. 20 May 2011. <http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/mcgee.html>."Applying Ethics." n. pag. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v10n1/>.
McGee, Glenn. "Primer on Ethics and Human Cloning." n. pag. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/mcgee.html>.
Therapeutic CloningB. A., Robinson. "Therapeutic Cloning." Religious Tolerance. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 2010. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/clo_ther1.htm>.
- This particular websites discusses the religious and ethical issues regarding therapeutic cloning. For those of you who don't take biology, therapeutic cloning is also called biomedical cloning, and research cloning. It involves the process of somatic cell nuclear transfer in which the nucleus of a cell from a human patient's body is injected into a human ovum which has had its nucleus removed. I found this quite easily after a simple google search; this is a very famous ethical topic. It is a perfect example of how ethics can relate to biology. (Harry O'Sullivan)
- Cloning is another subject of much debate in many circles. as harry stated above, it involves implanting a nucleus in another human cell to allow a clone to be made out of it. This link is very informative on the subject of the ethics involved in the process (Gerard)
- Therapeutic cloning is a good topic to discuss about when it comes to ethics, because it both relates to morality and religion. I found this website useful because this site approaches several ethical issues. I also find the website helpful from how it states the percentage of people who agrees to the idea of therapeutic cloning. (Jangho Seo)
- I feel that the real problem here involving the topic of ethics is the true definition of "life". Some people say that embryos = life... but some say that embryos are just a "collection of cells". When we talk about killing "life"... people seem to differ on this point where we can say that, yes, "this is life". (Sean Williams)
Ethics as Emotions - An Evolutionary Approach Lucas, Chris. "Ethics as Emotions - An Evolutionary Approach." CALResCO. Complexity & Artificial Life Research, Aug 2007. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.calresco.org/ethics.htm>.Utilitarian Ethics Andre, Claire, and Manuel Velasquez. "Utilitarian Ethics." Santa Clara University. Santa Clara University, n.d. Web. 21 May 2011. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v2n1/calculating.html>.
BBC-Ethics-Introdution http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml web May 22nd 2011
Platonic Virtues Frede, Dorothea. "Plato's Ethics: An Overview."Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2009): n. pag. Web. 21 May 2011.
Stem Cell Research: The Pros and Cons Regents, . "Stem Cell Research." University of Michigan (2009): n. pag. Web. 21 May 2011.
Ethics v.s. Moral November 15th, 2008 by Elijah Weber http://everyday-ethics.org/2008/11/ethics-vs-morals-not-as-easy-as-it-seems/ web May 22nd 2011
Of Arts and Ethics Kim, Oliver. "Of Arts and Ethics." TOKTalk. 6 Aug 2009. Web. 22 May 2011. http://www.toktalk.net/2009/08/06/of-arts-and-ethics/
TOK Ethics: How Do We Know What is Right and Wrong? Admin. "TOK Ethics: How Do We Know What is Right and Wrong?." Theory of Knowledge Student. N.p., 15 Feb 2010. Web. 22 May 2011. http://theoryofknowledgestudent.com/tok-ethics-how-do-we-know-what-is-right-and-wrong.
Ethical Dilemmas "Resolving an Ethical Dilemma." LMU. Loyola Marymount University, 2009. Web. 22 May 2011. <http://www.lmu.edu/Page27945.aspx>.
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Moral in Murder"Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"." You Tube. Web. 22 May 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY>.
TED: Science and Morality "Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions." TED.com. Web. 22 May 2011. <http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sam_harris_science_can_show_what_s_right.html>.
Hardi, Peter. "How ethics is like Math ." How ethics is like Math (2010): Web. 22 May 2011. http://rummagedbin.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-ethics-is-like-math.html.
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- I was motivated to search how ethics is applied to one of my 'favorite' subjects, physics. I never thought of any kind of similarities between ethics and physics; since, physics, and most of science subjects are based on logics and facts. Because of the definition of ethics, it seems hard to connect with physics. Since, the ethics is like a code of acceptable social behavior. However, this article shows that how ethics can be thought of in a scientific context when physics reached the point where the subjective reality of physical phenomena is no longer enough to explain the origin of those phenomena. This article seems boring and long, but it's actually full of practical and intelligent contents that will help you to understand how ethics is applied to physics. (Soo Hyung Jung)
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