One major benefit of animal testing is its helps researcher to improve human health and make new medicines. ... Also by testing the drug on animals, it helps ensure the safety of the drugs and many other substances that humans use regularly. ... Due to testing of vaccines or antibiotics many animals were treated and cured of their diseases. ... These drugs are tested on animals so that humans can be cured on certain disease. And lastly animals are also benefitted from these testings because they are also cured of their diseases by testing human vaccines or antibiotics. ...

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It is also important for nurses to better understand the procedures of genetic testing in order to morally and ethically conduct research. There are tests available that detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. ... There are obvious benefits to being genetically tested for being at risk for cancer. ... However, there are negative effects to genetic testing of cancer predisposition. ... They are responsible for explaining the ups and downs of genetic testing to potential participants. ...

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It is plausible that during the testing procedure, an employee couldnt distinguish which parts they were to test under government standards and commercial standards. ... After the bogus testing was completed in the National Semiconductor labs, the documentation department also had to falsify documents stating that the parts had surpassed the governmental testing standards. ... For example, the electrical engineer that designed the defective computer chip could act in good faith that it would be tested to ensure that it did indeed meet the required government endurance tests. ... If it was not ...

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Also, a press member was equipped with a copy of the American Petroleum Industry (API) standard 650 (the industry guideline for proper testing of oil tanks), and was inquiring if the tank had been properly tested. This test makes sure that all tanks are filled completely full with water in order to settle their foundations and test the welds for strength. Later that day, Hall had discovered that the tank had not been properly tested by the API 650 Standards, but was tested with an alternate method. ... This method of testing was specified by the API 650 standards, was intended for uninhabi...

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Since scientific research has been undertaken using the human embryo as a test subject a number of issues have been raised which cause controversy and divide opinion. ... Most people agree that no testing should take place if the embryo is older than fourteen days, before this the fertilised egg is known as a pre-embryo, however the views that an individual holds on this question will largely determine their view on embryo research. ... As human beings we are morally obliged to help those who suffer and by testing on embryos, which perhaps wouldn't be used for any other purpose, we are ...

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Animal's rights should be upheld by all human beings and activities such as hunting, animal testing and animal farming should either be regulated or completely eliminated. ... Despite this, the tests are evidence of the fact that animals are capable of feeling pain just as human beings do (Wilson, 2004). ... On the other hand, more regulation should be placed on scientific experiments that use animals as their test subjects. ...

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In a matter of principles in the workplace, often times the law is in favor of productivity rather than morality. Although our countries regulation claims to be based on honorable values there are situations where business economic profit is the objective and ethical ideals fall secondary to that ai...

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Therefore, one must perform the "double effect test" by going through three conditions. ... By passing the double effect test, it is clear to see that the utility criterion is of greater importance than the rights criteria. ... Since there are overriding factors, while utility being the most important criterion and passing the double effect test versus personal rights, we can decide that the decision made by the chief surgeon, surgeon, and nurse was truly ethical. ...

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Even if a prostitute goes for regular checkups, she will test negative for a minimum of 4 weeks, this means while the duration of tests are conducted and its results are relayed the prostitute can expose a maximum of 630 clients to HIV (Jeffrey 2008). ... This is because she knew that her test results are positive but regardless of this an online advertisement was posted by her asking clients for sexual intercourse (2015). ...

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When the word bigotry is uttered, various scenarios enter one's mind. Ideas of slavery in ancient cultures, the attempted wiping out of a particular ethnic group, slave plantations in Pre-Civil War America, and the women's suffrage movements in various parts of the world over the last century are just a few which come to mind. Yet bigotry can exist in very slight-of-hand ways, from "dumb-blonde" jokes, to dishonest hiring practices concerning racial minorities. Perhaps the most notable forms of bigotry are sexism and racism, particulary since their struggles and overcoming of which i...

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Ultimately, I don't agree with how factory farms are managed and I don't agree with corporate experiments on animals for better consumer products, but I do agree with eating meat for a balanced diet and I do agree with medical animal testing. ... (www.findacure.org) Now in a utilitarian sense animal-based research for medical purposes is limiting suffering and maximizing happiness; a small number of animals are being tested and thousands to millions of human and non-human animals are living longer happier lives because of the findings. ...

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An animal's value and their status in society has taken a shift since the start of the late 20th century. Debates have raged over the inhumane, suffocating conditions animals are subjected towards for the development of vaccines, cosmetics and drugs. On either side of this ongoing discussion the eth...

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Firstly, it fails the categorical imperative's first maxim; the universality test. ... Irrespective of the circumstances, the termination would be failing to do one's duty to preserve the sanctity of life and would fail the universality test of the first maxim (McCoy 2011, p.143-144). ...

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Abortion has been a controversial subject for many decades. Since the number of people who accept abortion as a normal procedure is about equal to the number those who think of abortion as a crime, there have been a lot of steps taken against abortion, and many in its defense as well. Although abor...

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Dewey explains that the child truly learns this moral sense, as evidenced in his behavior and interactions with others, by being trained in all areas that elicit interaction and testing or carrying out ideas (Stuhr 326). ...

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"As a community of believers, we know that our faith is tested by the quality of justice among us, that we can best measure our life together by how the poor are treated- -Economic Justice for All Business matters continue to occupy the attention of church leaders. ...

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According to modern experimental psychologists, experimental tests show that the vast majority of people think it is right to pull the lever but it is wrong to push the fat man, even though they have the same outcomes ("Philosopher's Toolkit: The Trolley Problem"). ...

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The question of the importance of religion has been one that has been debated for centuries. The argument has been taken from the side of the empiricist, who desires quantitative proof and the pragmatist who fights that it is religions qualitative proofs that hold greater weight. In the Varieties ...

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Abstract Social behavioral research can involve non-human animals and human subjects. Until 1960 social behavior was devoid of any concept regarding right and wrong method of conducting research. Subsequently code of ethics was developed for research with both animal and human subjects. Animal rese...

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" Now, forty years of age, Trevor is returning to his incredible past where he must face the darkness of the terrible memories, and as he approaches his past, he meets a familiar voice in his head, one that Trevor must now test his morals against as he chooses to go back to his stirring town with this mysterious voice pulling him back into the past. ...

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Virtue ethics is a group of theories in moral philosophy that has its roots in ancient greek philosophy with Aristotle being largely influential. Contrary to other theories in normative ethics, which tend to ask "what actions are right?", virtue ethics tends to ask the question "what kind of person ...

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Introduction Over the past eight weeks, I have been attending regular "play sessions" on the playground of Woodward Elementary School. During this period of time, I became particularly aware of the rules and boundaries, set by adults and peers alike, that the children often encounter when attempting to frame their interactions in an acceptable way. To simply walk up to a group of children and ask them to play in a friendly manner represents only a minuscule factor of social development. As a child interacts, he or she must learn to interpret a wide variety of complex cues and requi...

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Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill is an act-utilitarian and is most likely to support an act as right if it is likely to produce the most good for the most people. On "don't kill", it would depend on the situation. If a lot of people would be happy from the killing of one person then this rule can...

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The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. There are a number of individuals who think when a person commits a crime they are punished for that crime. However, there is more to crime than just punishment. The media plays an important role in the construction of crime and lawless behaviour. Society's perception of victims, criminals, deviants and punishment is influenced by their portrayal in the mass media. ...

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Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. I think Ultima's entry into Antonio's life will start a stressful time Antonio. The author shows Antonio's feelings about change by depicting his nervousness about beginning school, separating from his mother, and his future. Because the difference in parents' heritage, Antonio is caught between two different cultures. The vaquero lifestyle (showed by his father) expresses the values of independence, freedom, and mobility, all...

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