bioethics

n. 生物伦理学

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.

    不可数 哲学

    2006, Florencia Luna, Arleen L. F. Salles, One: Latin American Bioethics: Some Reflections, Florencia Luna (editor), Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View, page 9, Bioethics has been defined as the critical and systematic reflection on ethical issues in healthcare, biological and medical research, and public health. […] In the United States, the emergence of modern bioethics has been characterized by a shift away from the religious and medical considerations that initially dominated the discourse to more philosophical and legal concepts.

词汇关系

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ethics moral philosophy

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neuroethics

词源

From bio- + ethics.

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