"As a student in the sciences, finding yourself with this coursebook, you might wonder, ‘Why would scientists have to learn about ethics?’ Is something scientifically accurate not immediately equivalent to what is morally good, and is doing good science in the technical sense not the same as doing morally good science? Acting ethically correct is ‘doing good’, and do we not all know intuitively what that is? Maybe conceptions about what is good are different for everybody or based on the culture in which we are situated. Maybe finding a universal answer to the question ‘what is good’ makes no sense. In this book, we will ask ourselves questions such as: what is good ethical practice in general and for the life sciences in particular? Which ethical dilemmas do life scientists face? It will become clear from the start that we do not aim to provide straightforward answers to ethical dilemmas. Instead, we want to offer you the tools to reflect on ethical issues and arrive at a balanced conclusion."