Ethical and moral issues of right and wrong have always challenged thinking people. Many of these issues are naturally deeply connected to questions concerning life—when it begins, our role its creation, and when it ends. While modern medicine has found many answers, we still confront weighty issues that strike at the core of our humanity, such as stem cell research, abortion, and physician-assisted suicide. This section explores some of the various arguments connected with these very controversial subjects.

• What should be done with the frozen embryos that are not implanted in a uterus. If these embryos are going to be destroyed anyway, should they still be used for a common good? Why or why not?
• Can the science and religion come to any common ground in the stem cell debate?
• What is the relationship between stem cells and human cloning? How could one affect the other?
• Is abortion always wrong, or always right? Are there any special circumstances on either side of the debate?
• While abortion may be a legal right, is it moral to exercise this right?
• Do terminally ill patients have the right to end their own lives? Do doctors have a moral obligation to help them?
• Does suicide degrade the intrinsic value of human life?

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