PHIL 215 - Ethics and Medicine

3 Credit(s)

A survey of moral problems and issues in medicine and biomedical research. No background in either science or moral philosophy is required. Problems discussed include genetic manipulation, informed consent, infanticide, abortion, euthanasia, and the allocation of medical resources. Moral theory is presented with the aim of enabling students to think critically and analytically about moral issues. The need for setting biomedical issues in broader perspective is stressed.