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Artificial Insemination And Happiness
Yali CONG*
* Ph.D. Associate professor of medical ethics, who works in the Department of Medical Ethics, Peking University Health Science Center 38 Xueyuan Rd. Bejing, 100083, CHINA
Based on a case happened in 2001 in China, the author wants to show the ethical and legal issues of a woman's wish, which should be her basic right to have a child by assisted reproduction technology, and to analysis if there is some relationship between bioethics and happiness, and to find if there is some reason that bioethics should provide help for those whoever need it.
The case is about a woman whose husband was sentenced to death, she applied to court to allow her to have a child for her husband by artificial insemination of her husband. The conclusion of paper is that there is no direct relationship between bioethics and happiness, virtue and vice of bioethics not only depends on its moral background, but also legal system, social psychology and other social circumstances.Keywords: Artificial insemination, Bioethics, Happiness
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