生物伦理学提供了一个论坛，讨论当前问题所引发的伦理问题，例如：发展中国家的国际合作临床研究、器官移植和异种移植、老龄化和人类寿命、艾滋病、基因组学和干细胞研究。这些问题与具体的伦理、法律和政策问题有关，或与讨论这些问题时使用的基本概念、原则和理论有关。
Bioethics provides a forum for well-argued articles on the ethical questions raised by current issues such as: international collaborative clinical research in developing countries, organ transplants and xenotransplantation, ageing and the human lifespan, AIDS, genomics, and stem cell research. These questions are considered in relation to concrete ethical, legal and policy problems, or in terms of the fundamental concepts, principles and theories used in discussions of such problems.