Salam Abdalmeer Ahmed, Dr. Mahmood Reza Ghorban Sabbagh & Dr. Masood Khoshsaligheh
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
This study examines the moral and ethical aspects of creating saviour siblings in Jodi Picoult’s novel, My Sister’s Keeper. The novel is examined using Kant’s moral-philosophical theory and Beauchamp and Childress medical ethics principles. The study portrays creating saviour siblings as a complicated ethical and moral issue. The researchers conclude that some characters in the novel suffer from many problems which lead to create moral and ethical dilemmas in the world of the novel. The employment of Kantian thoughts lead to the impermissible actions of characters; it does so by showing how parents’ actions violate the second part of the Kantian categorical imperative that prohibits the use of anyone as a mere means to somebody else’s end. Also, through applying B+C ethical framework, it is found that parents have violated Beauchamp and Childress’ principles of medical ethics. Moreover, the results show that there is a defect in medical ethics rules of the United States. Scholars and theorists of medical ethics should modify and develop their principles according to the new medical technologies in their country, the United States, in order to find a solution for such cases.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Third International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 31 January-1February 2019 , Ahwaz.
