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In 1926, the German pastor Fritz Jahr in Halle coined the term `Bioethik' and defined a `Bio-Ethical Respect every living being as an end in itself and treat it, if possible, as such.' Bioethics since then has grown from medical ethics and social and political strategies to multidisciplinary and integrated disciplines of research and consulting. In 2020, reflecting and mediating the interactive and integrated ecosystems and interactive networks in biology, society, business, technology, and communication, I submit a wider integrated biocultural, corporate, and political `Bio-Cultural Support direct human inter-action and common-sense as an end in itself and use hardware and software tools only in stabilizing healthy and happy cultures in the bodies of ecologies, corporations and politics.' In 1969 a human walked on the moon, in 1989 the Berlin Wall fell down, in 2001 the World Trade Center in New York fell down, in 2020 a global Corona pandemic fell down on people and communities. Biological, political, and corporate bodies change, and we change with them and in `tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.'

Biotopes and Bioethics are highly complex and adaptable systems of Bios. Individual bios is terminal, but the stream of Bios goes on. Basic properties of Bios such as communication and cooperation, competence and competition, contemplation and calculation, compassion and cultivation come in different shades of light and dark in individuals and species, in history and ecology. Hans-Martin Sass discusses the territories of Bios and Bioethics, based on his involvement in decades of consulting in academia, business and politics. Special attention is given to the vision and role of Bioethics in research and training, in religious and cultural traditions, and in the survival, happiness, and health of corporate, social and political bodies. Hans-Martin Sass is Senior Research Scholar Emeritus at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Ruhr University, Bochum. (Series: Practical Ethics - Studies / Ethik in der Praxis - Studien, Vol. 40) [Subject: Bioethics]

This book discusses the Convention on the application of medicine and life sciences, emphasizing the dignity and identity of all humans. It highlights principles like informed consent, equitable healthcare access, and prohibitions against discrimination and financial gain from human bodies. Controversial bioethical issues, including embryo research, are noted but not fully addressed.

"The objective of this transnational, transdisciplinary study was not to predict the future. Much less was it to determine which culture has the best legal, public policy, and ethical systems. Rather, it was to understand the systems--their similarities and differences--and their implications for shaping the public policies that will shape the legal and medical world to come."--from the introduction Advance directives to determine the care of terminally ill patients have revolutionized health care decision making. But writing a directive that accomplishes exactly what a patient wants can be a difficult process and can be ethically controversial. While Americans, deeply immersed in Western liberal political philosophy, have an intuitive attraction to advance directives, other cultures do not. In this volume, an international team of experts examines the controversy surrounding advance directives in three countries: the United States, Germany, and Japan. Within each section, the subjects are addressed from the points of view of clinicians, legal experts, and bioethicists. The authors find that the United States and Japan are at opposite ends of a spectrum of opinion regarding patient autonomy, whereas Germany falls somewhere between.

The limnological study of Toolik Lake began in 1975, expanding on earlier Arctic research. It shifted focus in 1983 to explore whether Arctic ecosystems are regulated by nutrient availability or top predators. In 1987, it became a Long-Term Ecological Research site, integrating terrestrial and aquatic studies.