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What Are Some of the Ethical Issues That Technology Has

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What are some of the ethical issues that technology has sparked? For example,should people be allowed to have costly surgery that is available primarily to wealthy people,such as a face or an organ transplant?


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Localization of Function

The concept in neurology and psychology that specific parts of the brain are responsible for specific functions or behaviors.

Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies

A principle in neuroscience that suggests each sensory nerve pathway produces its own specific type of sensation, regardless of how it is stimulated.

Mitosis

A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

Consciousness

A state of awareness of one's self and the external environment.

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