n. an area of applied *ethics concerned with the life sciences generally and not limited to *medical ethics, academic study of which is often seen as a subspecialty of bioethics (biomedical ethics).
n. 1. the branch of philosophy concerned with the content of moral judgments (normative ethics) and their nature and meaning (metaethics). See also consequentialism; Kantian ethics; narrative ethics. 2. the principles, values, virtues, or rules of conduct accepted within a particular profession or field of activity. See bioethics; medical ethics.... ethics
an approach that is critical of the prevailing focus and methods of *medical ethics. In particular, it is argued that contemporary bioethics has replicated oppressive social structures, privilege, and power relationships at the expense of the marginalized. Moral problems are seen as determined from the social context in which they arise and narrative, care, and *empowerment are usually integral to feminist analyses of ethical dilemmas.... feminist ethics
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