Ethics in Science

What are ethics?

• How you feel about a certain topic and how you behave

• The principles that govern individual behaviour

• What is dictated by the principal at school

• Only relevant to the plot of The Good Place

Why do we use ethics in Science?

• To restrict how we do science

• To ensure that we only sometimes do the right thing

• To ensure that we are always doing the right thing in our experiments

• To justify everything that we do

The purpose of a code of ethics is

• set standards for a profession

• know our unique values and makes decisions based off them

• be a guide for professional behavior

• all of these

Everyone shares the same moral principles.

• True

• False

Science involves people's beliefs.

• True
• False

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If something is unethical it is also illegal

• True

• False

Ethics in Science only apply to human test subjects

• True

• False

Ethics can apply to things in Science outside of experiments

• True

• False

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Consent is an important part of ethics in Science

• True

• False

Which best describes a situation in which there is no clear right or wrong answer?

• Code of ethics

• Fatalism

• Morality

• Ethical dilemma