Ethical issues

Definition

Questions about whether an investigation and its possible consequences are right or wrong, including consent, privacy, harm and fairness.

Used by AQA and OCR

Specification 4.1.2.3 · Paper 1

Questions and reasoned judgements about whether an action is right or wrong.
Revise: Risks, Ethics and Plant Cloning Benefits

Specification B3.1g · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)

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Compare methods rather than merely naming them. State what each method reveals, then give a limitation or ethical issue.

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Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)

Considerations about whether research and its possible consequences are right, fair and acceptable.
Revise: Investigating Brain Function