"Scientific advances continue to raise ethical questions within the filed of medicine, which can lead to conflict in society."Discuss this statement using THREE examples.
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"Scientific advances continue to raise ethical questions within the filed of medicine, which can lead to conflict in society." Discuss this statement using THREE examples. In order to respond to the above statement fully, I have chosen three different examples of "scientific advances" that have had a major effect on society in the recent years. These are Animal Experimentation, Cloning and Cryogenics. I will be giving a brief definition of each term, and then describing the conflicts they cause, highlighting the arguments for and against. Animal experimentation has caused many a conflict within society. As many as 2.5 million animals were experimented on in 2000. Although there were twice as many in the 1970s, many people and animal rights campaigners have protested against any form of animal experimentation. Many of their arguments were based on the fact that it is morally wrong to use animals in experiments. They argue that animals have just as...

