Definition should include
- the concept of ethics as a moral philosophy or a set of principles (e.g., a code of conduct set by a business) practiced by a person or group of people
- the relationship of biotechnology to ethics.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why does the study of biotechnology require the study of ethics?
- What are prominent ethical issues raised by biotechnology?
- How are ethics different from laws?
- Why are the different principles of ethics essential?
- Why are there differences in ethical principles from one person or group to another?
- Whose ethics should guide biotechnology? Why?