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For example, British Petroleum (BP), to its credit, has disinvested from Iran on ethical grounds, an example that other European firms should follow.
The scientific community increasingly recognizes that science itself is not a value-free activity and, therefore, the choice of what research to undertake and how to undertake it must be governed by ethical principles.
But there is still a nucleus of scientists who oppose that concept, arguing that there must be no restrictions on the search for new knowledge, and that ethical principles only become relevant in the application of that knowledge.
But, as we noted, “even those who question the value of a code agree that research in the life sciences, including biodefense research, must be conducted in a safe and ethical manner.”
Moreover, a code of ethics could help protect “whistle blowers” who bring ethical breaches to the attention of the relevant authorities or the public.
This approach to the duties of a national leader, stated bluntly and honestly, forces us to consider a fundamental ethical issue.
As Ash suggests, there is a strong ethical case for saying that it is wrong for leaders to give absolute priority to the interests of their own citizens.
But, it might be said, the abstract ethical idea that all humans are entitled to equal consideration cannot govern the way we look at the duties of a political leader.
It may be defensible for President Bush to give some preference to the economic interests of Americans, but to put them above the life-and-death interests of millions of human beings goes beyond what any ethical approach can justify.
If members of the current generation are to become productive members of society, she noted, they must be trained in cultural and ethical understanding.
Such shocking inequities in health are perhaps today's greatest ethical challenge.
Selecting our children raises more profound ethical problems.
We can try to inculcate better ethical standards.
A better objection to IVF is that in a world with millions of orphaned or unwanted children, adoption is a more ethical way of having a child.
Elsewhere, the ethical debate is not about IVF itself, but the limits of its use.
In On What Matters, Volume Three, Parfit again tried to reconcile three major theories, this time theories about the nature of ethics, and the basis on which one might call an ethical judgment “true.”
The rationale has nothing to do with an ethical foreign policy or with German and European interests.
But moral and ethical questions never yield fully to technical solutions; they also require an understanding of humanity’s social and cultural heritage.
For example, North Carolina State University’s Benjamin Franklin Scholars program – a collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences – aims “to produce well-rounded professionals who are analytical problem-solvers, ethical decision-makers, and effective communicators.”
The incentives associated with the winner-take-all system encourage cheating – ranging from questionable practices and ethical lapses to outright misconduct.
For example, it would not be difficult to win support for improving education in the ethical aspects of scientific research.
At the personal level, wise parents know that their power will be greater and will last longer if they model sound ethical values for their children, rather than relying only on spankings, allowances, or taking away the car keys.
For years, Tuskegee has been a byword for ethical abuses in scientific research – to the extent that President Bill Clinton apologized to its surviving “subjects.”
How could the public-health authorities override medicine’s basic ethical rule – “First do no harm”?
In fact, one should view the Guatemalan study, with its incontrovertible horrors, as an extreme example of the biggest ethical problems in research today.
The court hearing was remarkable for the thoroughness with which Justice Lynn Smith examined the ethical questions before her.
Smith’s ruling finds that “a bright-line ethical distinction is elusive,” and that the view that there is no such ethical distinction is “persuasive.”
Even leaving aside other important dimensions of the issue – such as fear of globalization, growing ethical doubts about contemporary technologies, and concerns about the environmental consequences of growth – redefining progress is a challenge of daunting magnitude.
This may be unobjectionable on ethical and social-policy grounds, but it certainly would not help the environment.
This may be the greatest ethical challenge of the Obama presidency, but, because so much hangs on it, the way in which he responds to it is likely to play a decisive role in how his presidency will be judged.
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