Gcse Ethics Medical Ethics

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Fertility treatment

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Is medical intervention to help a couple to have a child who cannot have one naturally, e.g. IVF

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Cloning

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Creating a genetic duplicate of a person plant or animal

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Abortion

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Is medical intervention to end a pregnancy leading to the death of the foetus

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Euthanasia

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Ending life to relieve suffering

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Voluntary euthanasia

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The person asks to have their life ended

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Involuntary euthanasia

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The person is not involved in the decision

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Suicide

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Self murder; ending your own life.

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The Use of Animals in Medical Research

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250 million animals a year are used are used in research

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We should allow fertility treatment because...

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It is a form of healing; Jesus was a healer

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Agape

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Doing the kindest thing in any situation, e.g. allowing abortion if someone was raped

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The Golden Rule

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‘Do unto others as you would have them do to you’

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You can't do anything that creates new life or ends life because...

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Only God has the right to give and take life

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Creating or ending life

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Goes against God’s plan so is a sin

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Some Christians see this as adultery (cheating on your partner)

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Use of donor eggs or sperm

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Fertility treatment can be seen as wrong as it

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Produces spare embryos which are disposed of (they would say killing new life)

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Paedophiles.

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Not everyone is a suitable parent

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Catholic view re: abortion

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It is only acceptable to end the pregnancy if it would put the mother’s life in danger, e.g. an ectopic pregnancy.

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Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit

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so destroying them would be wrong

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The sixth commandment tells us

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Thou shalt not kill.’

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Life is a gift from God

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And therefore sacred

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Man was given ‘dominion’ over the world

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And so a responsibility to put things right (e.g. cloning to find out about genetically inherited diseases or carrying out animal experiments to cure disease)

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Therapeutic cloning replaces human tissues lost during illness or accident or disability.

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This is caring for God’s creation.

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Human embryos are destroyed in genetic engineering

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Many Christians see this as killing a human life

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A loving God would not want to see us suffer

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So let people die if they want to

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Suicide is a cry for help

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And therefore these people should be treated with compassion

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The doctrine of the double effect

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This is that if a person needs so much pain relief that it speeds death this is acceptable as death is a side-effect of pain relief not the purpose of the use of drugs

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Animal experiments for medical purposes are acceptable because

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Animals are below humans as they do not have a soul and are not made in the image of God

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The Bible teaches that humans have dominion (control)

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So we can do what we want with animals

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Animal experiments have saved lives

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e.g. pigs: stroke research, guinea pigs: discovery of vaccines - diphtheria & TB.

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Animals suffer - testing is wrong

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Our consciences that tell us this are the voice of God

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Christians are stewards of the earth

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And should therefore look after animals

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Animals have different biology

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So we can’t be sure the results will be the same on humans.

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Hospices

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where pain management and counseling are offered are seen as an alternative to euthanasia.

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We are made in the image of God

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So all human life is sacred (very precious)