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Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2010; 1(2):1 
 
 

Editorial 
 
 
Our global village is becoming terribly aggressive. The ongoing economic crisis, poverty, 
environmental pollution and the looming dangers of climate change threaten the progress 
towards Millennium Development Goal. Extreme materialism the immediate product of 
the technological advancement has created a tendency towards following an ‘aspire and 
achieve’ philosophy. Unfortunately service- oriented institutions are also turning into 
money- producing machine. Bangladesh Bioethics Society wants to bring a gradual 
positive change of this unfavorable climate. This idea is prompted by aspiration of 
humanity. Articles of the second issue of journal of Bangladesh Bioethics Society depict 
an idealism of promotion and protection of human dignity and pursuit of peace and social 
justice.  
 
This journal contains Plato’s notion of human nature and morality; relation of bio-ethics 
with agricultural and environmental ethics, ethical issues related to informed consent- 
whether informed consent is a moral obligation, legal necessecity, patient’s rights and 
autonomy. We feel that medical establishment needs the discipline of systematic 
consumer input in order to function as an accountable and responsive health care system. 
 
The journal also covers ethical aspects of tissue banking in Bangladesh which must 
follow the elimination of the trauma and morbidity of the patients. In order to build a just, 
sustainable and healthful society practice of bio-ethics is essential. The faculty of bio-
ethics may be developed in a community through education, practice and research. 
Article on Animal research in diabetes and ethical consideration depicts that all scientific 
research involving the use of animals should begin with an ethical focus by examining 
the risk-benefit ratio. 
 
Our collective pursuit for peace and justice will continue. Peace is the necessary 
prerequisite for sustainable human development and for equitable access to resources and 
services. We must cultivate the spirit of optimism, a feeling of hope in the future that is to 
come.      
 
 
Rowshan Ara Ph.D 
Professor 
Department of Philosophy 
University Of Dhaka 
Bangladesh