BIOETHICS Progress in the pharmacological, medical and biological sciences involves experimentation on all living species, including animals and humans. The effectiveness of medications investigative procedures and treatments must at some point be tested on animals and human beings. Although tests are conducted much more frequently on lab animals, especially those most related to humans, they do not provide sufficient information. The history of medicine shows that there has always been a need for experimentation on …showed first 75 words of 1241 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1241 total…and all living creatures. What does this have to do with the study of Bioethics.? Even if the results of an experiments provide fruitful results, they cannot be performed if they involve interfering with what is not rightfully their own. This is like taking someone's life into your own hands, "playing god" as many would say. Many people of today's society feel that such a view will or may keep society from helping themselves provide.