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    This document discusses several ethical frameworks and principles including ethical relativism, ethical pragmatism, and utilitarianism. It also covers some moral issues like abortion, euthanasia, and genetic engineering. Ethical relativism holds that morality is determined by the norms of a culture. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their consequences - whether they promote happiness or unhappiness. The document provides an overview of key concepts in ethics as they relate to medical laboratory science.

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    PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 1

    LESSON 3: ETHICS
     Situational
    GENERAL GUIDLINES analysis

    LEGEND FOR HEADERS ETHICAL RELATIVISM


     Also known as moral relativism
    MAIN TOPIC  Morality is relative to the norms of a particular
    SUBTOPIC culture
    SUB-SUBTOPIC  Some cultures accept certain acts that are
    unacceptable to other cultures
    HUMAN EXISTENCE AND ETHICS
    ETHICS
     Moral code - guide or this is were we able to ETHICAL PRAGMATISM
    do what is the things that we have to do in  Term coined by Charles Sanders Peirce
    order for us to make sure na wala tayong
    maooffend or wala tayong magagawang mali
     Developed by William James
    in terms of the eyes of other people  Considered as America's most distinctive
     Guide on how individual should behave contribution to field of philosophy
     Branch of knowledge
     More on a theory on knowledge, truth and
    meaning rather than morality
     Deals with moral principles
     Ethics is also about individual search for ETHICAL UTILITARIANISM
    meaning while dealing human problem which  Founded by Jeremy Bentham and John
    may be: Stuart Mill
    o Logical (problems of reasoning)
    o Epistemological (problems of the  Rightness or wrongness of actions is
    determined by their consequences
    truth)
    o Cosmological (problems of  "Actions are good insofar as they tend to
    universe) promote happiness, bad as they tend to
    o Ethical (problems of morality promote unhappiness"
    o Aesthetical (problems of art and
    beauty) MORAL ISSUES
    o Scientific (problems of science)  Abortion
    o Direct, induced, or natural killing of
    HUMAN EXISTENCE the unborn child
     Human beings are logical beings, however o Illegal in the Philippines
    human existence is Inexplicable o Stipulated in Article 2 section 12 of
     Human beings means we are always thinking, the Philippine Constitution
    we are always asking for answers in every  Euthanasia
    questions o Also known as Mercy Killing
     Human existence is starts when you are o Practice ending a life intentionally,
    born, going to start to suffer, then continue usually in situations when the
    to suffer, and then death individual is terminally ill to relieve
     Human life is tragic him/her of pain and suffering
     Perpetual process of making sense of the  Voluntary - with consent
    absurdity of one's existence  Non-voluntary -
     Making sense of human existence - caused permission is not available
    the development of the study of ethics (in deep comatose)
     Genetic Engineering
    ETHICS MORALITY o Genetic manipulation of the genetic
    Theoretical Based on principles make-up of organisms
    prescriptions/critiques practiced by a particular  Genetic screening
    community (usually done) - screen,
     Nature of the  Fundamental choose and select
    good convictions of genes
     Nature of the human agent  Genetic interventions
    human person  Character of (you will be able actually to
    modified) - control, therapy,
     Criteria of the moral
    and surgery
    judgement agent
     Use of norms

    BAUTISTA, K 1
     Stem cell therapy (morally
    wrong) - treat and prevent
    disease
     In Vitro Fertilization
     IVF
     Laboratory
    fertilization
     Professional Ethics
    o Covers the morally accepted
    behaviors of individuals in the
    workplace
    o Code of ethics of a particular
    profession
    o Professionalism

    BAUTISTA, K 2

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