Bioethics I : Foundations of Modern Bioethics

Legal

• dimension Protecting rights & welfare of human subjects & patients.
• basis: enforcement of duty on investigators.

Philosophical

• dimension: expounding the values underlying human rights (multiculturalism).
• basis: emphasizes principles on which actions are based/justified.

Moral

• dimension: issue of right conduct in light of medical advancement.
• basis: Determining which actions are good and allowed or bad and proscribed (in the context of research).