ethical problem

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandproblem

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ethical
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofethicalandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethical problem

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This is theethicalproblemthat all of us practicing medicine today should take seriously.
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This situation creates anethicalproblemfor the medical community.
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The second specialethicalproblemfacing the animal researcher commencing an experiment is that the hoped-for benefits of the research still lie in the future.
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It also raises anethicalproblem, because it may expose the catchers to more mosquito bites and hence an increased risk of contracting malaria.
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Third, if that child were a mature adolescent capable of freely consenting to this needed donation, then ourethicalproblemwould dissolve.
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While a surgical hazard of death, chronic disability/morbidity and the morbidity of thoracotomy and extracorporal circulation are generally accepted, these hazards are anethicalproblemfor the pediatric cardiologist.
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In a typical case involving cultural conflict, the ethics consultant is called to the clinical setting because of a perceivedethicalproblemor conflict identified by the healthcare provider.
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Having no taboo or religious principle to deter them, they see noethicalproblemin treating any new adventure as perfectly acceptable.
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The first is: what is the newethicalproblemif, as proposed, we allow embryonic cells to be used for research into non-congenital diseases?
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We would be missing the really central issues, because what we are dealing with here is anethicalproblem.
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If this does not take place, we shall have not only a fiscal, but also anethicalproblem.
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This is a moral andethicalproblemthat undermines the credibility and efficacy of health systems.
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Is that not theethicalproblembeing demonstrated in this debate?
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I myself believe that we do most certainly have anethicalproblem.
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One can look at it in administrative terms or regard it as a human, psychological orethicalproblem.
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I have a seriousethicalproblemwith tonight's debate.
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I do so today only because we are dealing with anethicalproblemtranscending national boundaries altogether.
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Moreover, research on adult stem cells opens up the same prospects, though without theethicalproblem.
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It is not possible, it is a complexethicalproblem, but we must start somewhere.
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