Muddying the Waters

Muddying the Waters

ByAnne Zimmerman

This blog (and the accompanying course) is not designed to make bioethics easier or even more academically accessible. It is to address whether ethical dilemmas caused by complex scientific developments or traditions in the doctor patient relationship require broader frameworks and the identification of additional issues. One goal is to figure out whether upstream policies…

Bioethics as Interdisciplinary, for Better or for Worse

Bioethics as Interdisciplinary, for Better or for Worse

ByAnne Zimmerman

Bioethics is de facto interdisciplinary in nature. Scientists and those in medicine, etc. engage in behavior that, where relevant, reflects their social norms and moral code. The impact of scientific discovery on society (even on those who do not actively use the discovery) is often deliberated by the bioethics community. Philosophers, thinkers, and lawyers have…