Bioethics

Bioethics

Online
Subject Area
Course Number
PHIL 1342 920
Course Code
PHIL1342920
Course Key
81080
Day(s)
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Time
12:00pm-2:30pm
12:00pm-2:30pm
12:00pm-2:30pm
Instructor
SIDZINSKA, MAJA
Fulfills
COL-SECTOR-Society
Course Description
“Bioethics” is short for biomedical ethics, which refers to the study of moral decision-making in the context of medical practice and science. Examples of bioethical questionsinclude: What is disease? What rules should guide medical practices in the doctor’s office,in the public sphere, or on a global arena? Are euthanasia, surrogacy, abortion, or humangenetic enhancement morally permissible? In this survey course, we will be concernedwith how moral principles inform decisions about our lives, our healthcare, and our deaths,and we will consider how these biological aspects of our lives inform moral principles inturn.
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