Differential Perception of Human Life Value and Bioethics

Abstract

"The objective of this paper is to reflect on the potential of perception of different intrinsic value of human life in influencing ethics violations particularly in health and medical research. It is opined here that sometimes the members of research community and business entities perceive their own life to be more precious than other lives. The factor discussed for bioethical violations is the perception of different importance of human lives of people of different races, cultures, regions, countries or ethnic origins in the minds of fellow humans. The learned medical scientists know what morally sound medical research is; however sometimes they are influenced by their perception of value of other human‘s life. "