ethicist
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eth·i·cist
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Definition of ethicist
: a specialist in ethics
Examples of ethicist in a Sentence
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The board’s members, who would be appointed by HHS secretary Alex Azar, must also include a theologian, an ethicist, an attorney and a physician. — Scientific American, "Trump Administration Halts Fetal-Tissue Research by Government Scientists," 6 June 2019 The news about Streisand's clones prompted a flood of outrage from activists and ethicists who strongly oppose the practice. — Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, "When is the best time to clone your dog?," 11 July 2019 In 2015, a group of researchers, grad students and an ethicist created the Research Animal Retirement Foundation. — NBC News, "More research labs are retiring rather than euthanizing monkeys when studies finish," 14 June 2019 Doctors and medical ethicists have also expressed concerns about side effects and whether prisoners receive enough information to make appropriate, informed decisions. — Alan Blinder, New York Times, "What to Know About the Alabama Chemical Castration Law," 11 June 2019 Many contemporary ethicists, however, believe that inequalities of wealth that are produced by exceptional individual productivity rising from exceptional natural aptitudes do not deserve society’s deference or protection. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: Is the individual obsolete?," 17 July 2019 But scientists and ethicists countered that there are other ways to decrease the risk of infection, such as contraceptives. — David Cyranoski, Scientific American, "Russian Biologist Plans More CRISPR-Edited Babies," 11 June 2019 Regulators will need to figure out how to handle this technology, and ethicists will need to grapple knotty questions about its fairness. — Brad Plumer, Vox, "A simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade," 23 July 2018 Critics and ethicists say the scandal is just the latest example of a prominent researcher flouting disclosure rules and medical journals and organizations weakly enforcing them. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Top cancer expert forgot to mention $3.5M industry ties—he just resigned," 14 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethicist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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