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Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

A young woman with a broken pillar; representing fortitude. Etching, 16--.

A tree bearing fruit labelled with virtues; representing the life of the Christian. Coloured etching by J. Couse, c. 1780, after J. Bakewell.

Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.

<p>The European parliament is considering applications by European technology companies to patent inventions derived from genetic material. MPs are trying to make safeguards. Tom Wilkie gives his ethical and practical reasons for not allowing patents. Wellcome puts its new research findings on the internet every night to make sure its genetic knowledge becomes public property.</p>

Europe today : patenting genetic material.

<p>In February 1997, "Dolly the Sheep", made news headlines. In this programme Dr Ian Wilmut, Dolly's creator talks to the BBC's Science Correspondent, describing a hypothetical situation when it might be possible to develop human organs outside the body to replace the organs inside. Looking on the positive side, the technique can help infertile couples to have children. But some geneticists fear that cloning could be used to produce genetically engineered babies.</p>

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Human cloning.

The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.

Ethics and some modern world problems / by Willam McDougall.

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Europe today : patenting genetic material.

Human cloning.

The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.

Ethics and some modern world problems / by Willam McDougall.

Thoughts moral and divine; collected and intended for the better instruction and conduct of life. Dedicated by Permission To the Right Hon. the Earl of Powis, by Wellins Calcott, gent.

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Ethics

Images

Catalogue

Europe today : patenting genetic material.

Human cloning.

The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.

Ethics and some modern world problems / by Willam McDougall.

Thoughts moral and divine; collected and intended for the better instruction and conduct of life. Dedicated by Permission To the Right Hon. the Earl of Powis, by Wellins Calcott, gent.

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