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Bioethics evolves, as does any other branch of knowledge.

From Nature ● Oct. 28, 2019

The reason is that science, unlike, say, politics or religion, is a cumulative branch of knowledge.

From Scientific American ● May 14, 2015

President Lowell, on the eve of his retirement, apparently has determined that his successor shall not have the props pulled from under that branch of knowledge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although the title "has come to be equated with medical practitioner," he continues, "by ancient definition, 'doctor' means one sufficiently skilled in any branch of knowledge to teach it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides these great principles, Franklin's letters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints which have contributed greatly towards reducing this branch of knowledge to a science.

From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin


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