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11ethical relativism — Philosophical view that what is right or wrong and good or bad is not absolute but variable and relative, depending on the person, circumstances, or social situation. Rather than claiming that an action s rightness or wrongness can depend on the… …
12Ethical will — An Ethical will (Hebrew Zevaoth ) is a species of ethical tract which was historically peculiar to Jewish moralists. Rabbis and Jewish laypeople have continued to write ethical wills during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Reimer) The… …
13Science and Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research — ▪ 2000 by Lori P. Knowles and Eric Parens At the end of 1998, almost simultaneously, one team of researchers announced that it had isolated human embryonic stem (ES) cells and another announced that it had isolated human embryonic germ (EG) …
14Science — This article is about the general term, particularly as it refers to experimental sciences. For the specific topics of study by scientists, see Natural science. For other uses, see Science (disambiguation) …
15Ethical banking — An ethical bank, also known as social , alternative , civic or sustainable bank , is a bank concerned about the social use of its investments and loans. Although there are differences among the main ethical banks, they share a common set of… …
16science fiction — a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc. [1925 30] * * * Fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals, or more… …
17science, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that attempts to elucidate the nature of scientific inquiry observational procedures, patterns of argument, methods of representation and calculation, metaphysical presuppositions and evaluate the grounds of their validity… …
18Science and religion in the Czech lands and Slovakia — Historical backdrop The field of “science and religion” (for lack of a better term; to denote that it is a single notion, we shall use the abbreviation “S R”) has a (relatively) long history in the Czech lands and Slovakia. The census of 1910… …
19Ethical decision — In the context of decision making, your ethics are your personal standards of right and wrong. They are your basis for making ethically sensitive decisions. Ethics vs. Morals The words ethics and morals are frequently used interchangeably. For… …
20Ethical calculus — The term ethical calculus, when used generally, refers to any method of determining a course of action in a circumstance that is not explicitly evaluated in one s ethical code. A formal philosophy of ethical calculus is a recent development in… …
