Boundaries and Ethical Issues on Research and Science

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Throughout history, there have always been ethical issues in different professions. One of the professions that has more issues now is anything related to science and research. There is no doubt that research can do great good to society by discovering cures for illness and providing new technology that can make life easier for a lot of people. The issue with research is that it has become something that is open to anyone and the boundaries that it has are the ones that were created at least forty years ago. These boundaries must be reviewed so that the research that is not necessary for society or that can harm it are controlled or even prohibited. These boundaries are called Bioethics.
The term “Bioethics” can be divided into two Greek root words that are “Bios” which means life as a whole, and “Ethos” which is about spirit of a culture and how it relates to nature. What this means is that the word as a whole means that the Ethos of a community should be coherent with helping and protecting life (Galindo). Although this term has existed for centuries and was originally created by the Greeks, the ethics themselves were officially first established in the 1970s when the “Knowledge Society” started to develop which was the effect of when new technological and scientific discoveries started affecting the community as a whole. Since that time the area of research has grown and scientists have found that they may even find cures for most of the illness that are most feared by humans (cancer, Parkinson’s, etc.). The down side to this research is that it causes many ethical issues, but there is no legal or established restriction that can stop them from doing it or that can prove that it shouldn´t be done.
On the other hand, research ...

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