Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Medical Ethics
- Sanctity of life- The belief that
human life is special and holy
- "God made man in his own image"
- Abortion- The deliberate termination of
a pregnancy
- Unacceptable- "Before I was born the Lord chose me"
- Acceptable- "Breathed into his nostrils the breath of life"
- Unacceptable- "Thou shall not kill"
- Euthanasia- The painless killing of a patient suffering
from an incurable illness
- Active- Purposely ending the life
- Acceptable- "Love thy neighbor"
- Unacceptable- "Thou shall not murder"
- Passive- Stopping treatment
that is keep them alive
- Acceptable- "There are seasons for
everything...There is a time to be born
and a time to die"
- Suicide- The act of deliberately killing oneself
- Unacceptable- "There is a time
to be born and a time to die
- Some may not judge- "The lord is full of compassion"
- Therapeutic Cloning- Creating
copies of cell and organs
- Acceptable- "Love thy neighbor"
- Unacceptable- "There is a time to be born and a time to die"
- Reproductive Cloning- The deliberate
production of Genetically identical
individuals
- This doesn't really
happen a lot
- Unacceptable- "The lord is creator of them all"
- Animal Testing- Using animals for medical testing
- Acceptable- "Till the earth and keep it"
- Unacceptable- "God made the wild animals"
- Animal rights- The way that animals should
and deserve to be treated despite the fact they
do not have souls
- "God made man in his own image"
- Fertility Treatments- Methods or procedures
that increase the chance of pregnancy
- Unacceptable- "The lord had closed her womb"
- Acceptable- "Be fruitful and increase in number"
- Miscarriage- When a pregnancy is
terminated due to natural casuses
- "The Lord kept her from having Children"
- Hospice- A place where terminally ill patients are cared for
- "Love one another"
- "You shall open your hand to your brother, to the needy"
- Dominion- The belief that humans have control over nature
- "Till the earth and keep it"
- Stewardship- The belief that God has given
human the responsibility to look after nature
- "God made the wild animals"