PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Stuart Mill, Hippocratic Oath, Moral Realism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 2396
• Professor: Iva Apostolova

Document Summary

Introduction practice, health care delivery and medical and biological research. Applies to general ethics theories, principles and rules to problems of therapeutic. All of the legal aspects as well. The beginning of bioethics dates back to the 5th century bc with the hippocratic oath. The hippocratic oath applies ethics to medical practice. Bioethics and the law, a close relationship. On the one hand, the law defines the social boundaries and conditions for health care. The law defines what is socially appropriate and what is now. Still worked until he was in his 80s, went to jail fro performing the abortions. Always claimed that his reasons were morally driven. What are the general ethical theories and principles that we will be using in the. What is it about ethics that makes it important for. Some people believe that what is right and wrong depends upon how they feel about. These people share a non-cognitivists meta-ethical position, also known as ethical.