This biotechnology may expand our knowledge, even stretch it, and give us new powers and freedoms, but at the same time it brings us new responsibilities. The seven steps in conducting bioethical decision making in the class-room are researched, based and drawn by experience from individuals who deal with bioethics and the skill of decision making. The dilemma may be teacher directed from real issues or situations or from a case study. The presentation that follows will refine and revise the dilemma as the teacher leads the student to a better understanding of the situation and to exploring the ethical values and concepts that explain why the dilemma is a dilemma. Please realize that the following words are difficult to define and their meanings are never determined once and for all, but definition is worked out by a process of dialogue, moral disagreement and debate.
Morality is the practice of what people do and believe.
Ethics - the study of morality. It gives a philosophical account of justified behavior and belief. It spells out the reasons why a rational person ought to accept the answers he or she gets. It develops rules and ideals that spell out standards of good and bad. Values - names for states of affairs that conform to what is ethically right and that further the human good.