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Bioethics is the study of ethical dilemmas that arise from the use of new [[technology]] and [[medicine]] in regards to human and nonhuman [[life]]. It is a multiple discipline fields that uses ideas from secular [[philosophy]], [[theology]], medical practice and knowledge and to some extent [[environmentalism]]. Bioethicists are those people who practise bioethics, some examples of the issues they deal with include;
*[[Abortion]]
*[[Euthanasia]]
*[[Animal Rights]]
*[[IVF Treatment]]
*[[Eugenics]]
*[[Disability]]
*[[Infanticide]]
*[[Medical Experiments]]
*[[Stem cell use]]
Bioethics can be both [[secular]] and [[religious]]. There are [[Christian]] bioethicists, [[Jewish]] bioethicists and [[Muslim]] bioethicists.
Due to the nature of the field it is something highly controversial as in the case with Australian bioethicists [[Peter Singer]].
*[[Abortion]]
*[[Euthanasia]]
*[[Animal Rights]]
*[[IVF Treatment]]
*[[Eugenics]]
*[[Disability]]
*[[Infanticide]]
*[[Medical Experiments]]
*[[Stem cell use]]
Bioethics can be both [[secular]] and [[religious]]. There are [[Christian]] bioethicists, [[Jewish]] bioethicists and [[Muslim]] bioethicists.
Due to the nature of the field it is something highly controversial as in the case with Australian bioethicists [[Peter Singer]].