The document discusses critical thinking and its application to ethics and bioethics. It defines critical thinking as the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making. When applying critical thinking to ethics and bioethics, there may not be a single right answer and individuals' values and premises must be acknowledged. Various models for teaching critical thinking in ethics and bioethics are presented, including mapping out issues, stakeholders, values and reasoning. An example on using aborted female fetuses as a source of eggs for fertility treatment is provided to demonstrate applying critical thinking.

1. Ethics and bioethics – an interdisciplinary approach to critical thinking John Bryant and Chris Willmott

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13. An Exeter Model Critical Thinking Mapping (adapted from Gunn et al) 1. The issue presented here is... 2. The stakeholders identified are... 3. The values that need to be considered are... 4. I feel these values are important because... 5. My position on this issue is... 6. I believe this position for the following reasons... 7. I feel these reasons are good reasons because... 8. Others might feel they are not good reasons because... 9. I might disagree with them because... 10. Given the above discussion, my final position on the issue would be...

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