Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions aboutmoralitythat is, concepts such as good

and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice, etc. Major branches of ethics include: Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth-values(if any) may be determined;  Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action;  Applied ethics, about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations;  Moral psychology, about how moral capacity or moral agency develops and what its nature is;  Descriptive ethics, about what moral values people actually abide by. Within each of these branches are many different schools of thought and still further sub-fields of study.

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, [1] growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines. Among the most important topics are five unifying principles that can be said to be the fundamental axioms of modern biology: Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy. The term Bioethics (Greek bios, life; ethos, behavior) was coined in 1927 by Fritz Jahr, who "anticipated many of the arguments and discussions now current in biological research involving animals" in an article about the "bioethical imperative," as he called it, regarding the scientific use of animals and plants.Lolas, F. (2008). Bioethics and animal research: A personal perspective and a note on the contribution of Fritz Jahr. Fritz Jahr's 1927 concept of bioethics. Kennedy Inst Ethics J, In 1970, the American biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter also used the term with a broader meaning including solidarity towards the biosphere, thus generating a "global ethics," a discipline representing a link between biology, ecology, medicine and human values in order to attain the survival of both human beings and other animal species.

When defining health ethics, it is the decisions that people make that relate to the health issues of people all around the world. Health ethics came about for the dignity and human rights that need to be given to everyone. When asking the question, what is the meaning of health ethics?, you have to think of terms such as privacy, decency, rights, and equity. Health Ethics has evolved in the health care industry to not being just an individual aspect but to a much larger spectrum of taking care of the well-being of the general public as a whole.