Editing Bioethics (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''bioethics'' ([[Greek language|Greek]] {{Transliteration|el|bios}}, "life"; {{Transliteration|el|ethos}}, "moral nature, behavior"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of ETHOS |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethos |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=merriam-webster.com}}</ref>) was coined in 1927 by [[Fritz Jahr]] in an article about a "bioethical imperative" regarding the use of animals and plants in scientific research.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sass HM | title = Fritz Jahr's 1927 concept of bioethics. | journal = Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal | date = 2007 | volume = 17 | issue = 4 | pages = 279–295 | doi = 10.1353/ken.2008.0006 | pmid = 18363267 | s2cid = 21957991 }}</ref> In 1970, the American biochemist, and oncologist [[Van Rensselaer Potter]] used the term to describe the relationship between the [[biosphere]] and a growing human population. Potter's work laid the foundation for [[global ethics]], a discipline centered around the link between biology, ecology, medicine, and human values.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lolas F | title = Bioethics and animal research: a personal perspective and a note on the contribution of Fritz Jahr | journal = Biological Research | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 119–123 | date = 2008 | pmid = 18769769 | pmc = 2997650 | doi = 10.4067/S0716-97602008000100013 }}</ref><ref name="pmid19684372">{{cite journal | vauthors = Goldim JR | title = Revisiting the beginning of bioethics: the contribution of Fritz Jahr (1927) | journal = Perspectives in Biology and Medicine | volume = 52 | issue = 3 | pages = 377–380 | date = 2009 | pmid = 19684372 | doi = 10.1353/pbm.0.0094 | s2cid = 41451993 }}</ref> [[Sargent Shriver]], the spouse of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, claimed that he had invented the term "bioethics" in the living room of his home in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1970. He stated that he thought of the word after returning from a discussion earlier that evening at Georgetown University, where he discussed with others a possible Kennedy family sponsorship of an institute focused around the "application of moral philosophy to concrete medical dilemmas".<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Martensen R | title = The history of bioethics: an essay review | journal = Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | volume = 56 | issue = 2 | pages = 168–175 | date = April 2001 | pmid = 11392084 | doi = 10.1093/jhmas/56.2.168 | url = https://muse.jhu.edu/article/15246/pdf | url-access = subscription }}</ref>