Medical science can keep a person’s body alive, on machines, long after their vital organs have failed. However, there is no agreement among religious and ethical leaders about how to decide when to unplug those machines. This example illustrates _____.
The answer is culture lag. Culture lag is used to describe a situation wherein the technological and scientific advancements or with regards to changes in the society of a culture have outreached and is faster than the norms, rules, and advancements of that culture. The original culture isn't adaptive to the new advancements, which leads to ethical and moral dilemmas, as there is a need to create and pace up the cultural norms and rules to the new advancements in technology. For eg: the decisions regarding life support systems.
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