An introduction to ethical reasoning via contemporary moral problems in medicine and health care such as the following: death and dying; birth and reproduction; research on human subjects, embryos, and animals; and health care inequality. This course covers the dominant theoretical approaches in medical ethics as well as influential critiques of these approaches. Students will be encouraged to analyze philosophical arguments and to articulate and defend their own positions on the issues studied.
PHL 270: Biomedical Ethics
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