Bioethics

Bioethics

Format
Online
Subject Area
Course Number
PHIL 1342 920
Course Code
PHIL1342920
Course Key
83515
Day(s)
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Time
12:00pm-2:30pm
12:00pm-2:30pm
12:00pm-2:30pm
Instructor
FRITZ, SAMANTHA
Fulfills
COL-SECTOR-Society
Course Description
This course is an introduction to bioethics, focusing on ethical questions arising at the beginning and end of life. Topics will include procreative responsibilities, the question of wrongful life, and prenatal moral status as well as questions of justice related to markets for sperm, eggs and gestation. We will also attend to dilemmas at the end of life, including the authority of advance directives, euthanasia and the allocation of life-saving therapies.
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