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This entry describes the relations between the science of biology and the ethical reflection. The general notions involved are defined and several of the main problems and issues are analyzed from a logical as well as from a moral point of view.
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Mosterín, J. (2015). Biology: Ethics of. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_55-1
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