comments on ethical issues
anonymous
January 28 2008, 18:24:51 UTC
Sara,
A few ethical issues that I can think of:
Prenatal genetic testing of human embryos--is it licit and if so when.
Is preventive war justifiable?
Race reparations: do past injustices inflicted on an ethnic group mean that people today of that same ethnic group are entitled to some kind of financial restitution?
Tort liability: what are the ethical limits of financial claims for harms inflicted on a individual by the agents of a corporation? What factors determine this?
Does money have to impact all of the decisions we make or is a rational state of mind a better way of handling issues without having money affect the outcome, leaving it as the root of all evil?
Can someone take control of there own decisions responsibly even though they have the freedom to do so, or are there checks and balances and we compromise ourselves by trying to be the higher power as opposed to trusting in the higher power?
When is it okay to lie, if ever? Is it ever okay to kill (is it justified -- CIA, terrorists, capital punishment, etc.)? When does life start? At conception? How old is the age of accountability? When does government control overstep boundaries, and when is it not controlling enough?
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A few ethical issues that I can think of:
Prenatal genetic testing of human embryos--is it licit and if so when.
Is preventive war justifiable?
Race reparations: do past injustices inflicted on an ethnic group mean that people today of that same ethnic group are entitled to some kind of financial restitution?
Tort liability: what are the ethical limits of financial claims for harms inflicted on a individual by the agents of a corporation? What factors determine this?
I hope this helps.
(Fr.) Charles Rowe
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Along with that, should there be laws to protect people from themselves?
Are we only free if our country is a so-called "free country" or are all people truly free by nature?
Are wars ever justifiable?
Is ending a life in any sense, whether it be abortion, murder, in a war-type setting, or as a punishment, ever justifiable?
Should there be a limit to the amount of privacy afforded to individuals?
Is it ever OK to steal?
I hope those help and aren't too redundant. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. Hope you're having a great day! :)
Steve
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Can someone take control of there own decisions responsibly even though they have the freedom to do so, or are there checks and balances and we compromise ourselves by trying to be the higher power as opposed to trusting in the higher power?
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Is it ever okay to kill (is it justified -- CIA, terrorists, capital punishment, etc.)?
When does life start? At conception?
How old is the age of accountability?
When does government control overstep boundaries, and when is it not controlling enough?
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