intro to bioethics

Question 1

Bioethics in Greek

Answer 1

Bios - life
Ethos - ethics or behavior

Question 2

It is a branch of morality that deals with human conduct, focusing on what is right or wrong, good or bad and the principles that guide individuals in making moral decisions.

Answer 2

Ethics

Question 3

Brief history

Answer 3

400BC:
Hippocratic oath

1927:
Paul Max Fritz Jahr publish his work Bio-Ethics: A review of the ethical relations of humans to animals and plants
(Discuss the importance of life in all creations)

1970:
Van Rensselaer reviews the term “bioethics”

Question 4

True or false:
Overtime, bioethics acquired different elucidations and definitions worldwide

Answer 4

True
[People around the world have come to understand and explain bioethics in different ways.
As time passed, different countries and cultures came up with their own ideas and definitions of what bioethics means, depending on their values, beliefs, and experiences.]