2024-2025 Catalog

PHIL-363 Bio and Medical Ethics

An examination of the moral problems facing health-care practitioners, their patients, and others involved with the practice of medicine in todays society. Issues include euthanasia, the ethics of medical experimentation, the use of reproductive technologies, genetic counseling and genetic engineering, truth-telling and confidentiality in doctor-patient relationships, and the cost and availability of medical care. Normally offered every third year.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s) PHIL 119 - Global Ethics, PHIL 120 - Ethics and Civic Life, PHIL 123 - Social Ethics The Good Life, PHIL 127 - Contemporary Moral Issues

Offered

Ocasionally