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Morality is an on- going process in the life of human beings from its primitive stage to the present stage. Moral ideas have undergone many changes during long period. This change is reflected   concerned with beliefs and actions which are in is reflected in two more ideas in contemporary moral philosophy- one is abstract-meta-ethics and other is concrete--Applied ethics. One particular kind of applied ethics that raises distinct concern is Bio- ethics. Bio- ethical issues such as ‘abortion’, ‘euthanasia’ etc often involve beings whose moral standing is much more contentious.  Conformity with the social norms shaped and modified over a length of time. The belief about what is right and what is wrong, what ought to be done and what not to be done is generally defined as moral belief. Thus, morality is an on – going process in the life of human beings from its primitive stage to the present stage. But, in this age of globalization all human beings with their rapid developments feel insecure in every spheres of life. The problems of bio-ethical issues like Abortion, Euthanasia etc are especially urgent in the present day. They are rather the problems of human beings in situations in which not only ethical decision is necessary for every moments of our life. Thus, in applied ethics ethical principles are required to be applied to solve practical moral problems.

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