Abstract
Sooner or later most scientists encounter a problem with ethical overtones. It could be as simple as what data to discard before submitting a paper or a question of authorship, but sometimes the quandary emerges from the very core of an experiment or in the application of newfound know-how to “advance” our society.
Highlights
Sooner or later most scientists encounter a problem with ethical overtones
The test meant that it would be possible to genetically predict hemophilia in the fetus of a pregnant woman who was known to be a carrier of the disease
I was asked to apply the test to a real-life situation: an Australian woman was pregnant, and DNA from the fetus, known to be male with a 50–50 chance of inheriting hemophilia, was sent to me
Summary
Sooner or later most scientists encounter a problem with ethical overtones. It could be as simple as what data to discard before submitting a paper or a question of authorship, but sometimes the quandary emerges from the very core of an experiment or in the application of newfound know-how to ‘‘advance’’ our society. Greely: I don’t think of myself as a bioethicist. Some of the people who define themselves as ethicists think like that, some don’t.
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