10/6
are there ethical absolutes, is it up to you, does it change with time
torture, slavery
Cruelty of roboroach, does sentience matter
if we can do it on roaches, can we do it on humans
why do research and education ethics differ from ethics elsewhere
vegetarian veganism
Pharma Profits:
Insulin prices are manipulated
Progesterone
one company made Daraprim and inc by 5000% and then was jailed
wasn’t jailed by increasing but fraud
Should vital meds be restricted by profit
exclusive rights makes prices higher
Biopiracy
prevent people from using something that’s been used
tumeric patent
Mo CElls
hair cell leukemia, then patented
3 billion dollars
lawsuit by owner of cells, informed consent said his cells should have been cremated
has no share of profits
Baleno vs. Texas
DNA tests on 4.5 million newborns without consent
Washington vs. Catalona
collected cells using bioresposityr at WUSTIL
asked to send doc to separate companies for free
Who owns the samples