The Role Of Ethics In Science And Medicine, Business And Trade

Role of ethics
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Role of ethics
Ethics is a relevant issue in daily life activities since it governs the manner in which people conduct their activities. The individuals working in each field have to apply the kind of ethics relevant in that field so that decisions can be made appropriately. Moreover, fields such as science and their disciplines also have the same ethics but with a little distinction. The difference in the two may be as a result of the relationship between the discipline and the aspect involved. Accordingly, related disciplines have more similarities when applying ethics. For instance, business and trade are almost identical in the manner which operations are carried out. This is evidenced by the way in which ethics is applied to both disciplines. In turn, ethics results in setting standards for the society and determining diversity. It also results in thriving of the sectors where it is applied. Moreover, ethics helps to shape policies which are determined by scientific research and thus, it is essential in creating boundaries for researchers. It is the relevance of ethics in all fields that make it important to study and ultimately be incorporated into the fields. This paper explains with examples the role of ethics in science and medicine, business and trade, and the relationship between the individual and the society.
Science and Medicine
Science presents knowledge about the universe in an organized manner such that it can be tested and predicted. As such, it is associated with facts which have been researched on and ultimately proved. It has subdivisions which include; natural science, social science, formal science and applied science. Despite the fact that these subdivisions deal with different aspects, they all hold the same perspective as science (Zaidi, 2014). Accordingly, science is objective and deals with facts that have evidence. On the other hand, ethics is subjective in nature given that it relies on the feelings of persons involved. This implies that individuals can manipulate situations according to their morals to suit the occasion. These differences between science and ethics imply that the two are opposites. However, science cannot effectively achieve its purpose without ethics being involved. This serves to show that the two are interrelated. For instance; it is a fact that undertaking scientifically research on primates inflicts suffering upon the same primates. This fact can be proved by empirical research conducted within a population of primates that have been previously subjected to scientific research. In this regard, there may be findings such as statistical data proving the death of 20 primates annually within the said population.
The findings, as well as consequent opinions held by people, depend on the facts involved. As such, individuals may find themselves taking the opposite side of facts given that each individual is entitled to their opinions. These diverse opinions are bound to vary from individual to another depending on the morals of the persons involved. Given the instance above, one individual may decide that scientific research is wrong irrespective of the situation while another decides that scientific research ...