bioethics
pronunciation
How to pronounce bioethics in British English:
UK [ˌbaɪəʊˈeθɪks]
How to pronounce bioethics in American English:
US [ˌbaɪoʊˈeθɪks]
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- Noun:
- the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
Word Origin
- bioethics (n.)
- also bio-ethics, coined 1970 by U.S. biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter II (1911-2001), who defined it as "Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival." From bio- + ethics.
Example
- 1. Peter singer is professor of bioethics at princeton university and laureate professor at the university of melbourne .
- 2. Theory preparative of contemporary protestantism theology for bioethics foundation .
- 3. Bioethics and the new embryology : springboards for debate .
- 4. John harris , professor of bioethics at the university of manchester , argues that this is exactly what we have a duty to do , if we safely can .
- 5. The utilitarianism led into the modern medical ethnics or bioethics cannot displace the medical humanism in token of deontology .