Lecture 10_Bioethics Flashcards
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What is the difference between ethics and morals?
Morals: Personal or cultural beliefs about right and wrong (e.g., “lying is wrong”).
Ethics: Systematic reasoning about what actions are justifiable and universally acceptable
Which ethical theory underpins many Australian laws?
Utilitarianism
What are the key principles of scientific ethics?
Scientific honesty
Carefulness
Intellectual freedom
Openness
Credit (no plagiarism)
Public responsibility
What is informed consent?
A voluntary agreement by participants to take part in research after being informed of risks, benefits, and procedures.
What is the principle of proportionality in research ethics?
framework to weigh the benefits vs. risks of a technology
five key conditions of proportionality according to Hermeren
Importance of objective
Relevance of means
Most favourable option
Non-excessiveness
Least-harmful alternative
Why must we distinguish between somatic and germline genome editing?
Because germline edits affect future generations, raising deeper ethical and regulatory concerns than somatic (non-heritable) edits
