Bioethics: Dilemmas

3 Units

Bioethics is the study of value-laden issues and moral dilemmas related to health, medicine, and the life sciences. This course will introduce students to the field of bioethics, including key theories and debates that span clinical ethics, research ethics, public health ethics, and other approaches. Students will learn about ethical issues across the life course, including bioethics at the beginning and end of life, as well as ethics surrounding contemporary medical science and technologies and broader equity and justice concerns in healthcare. Through interactive lectures and discussions, students will explore multiple stakeholder perspectives on these debates and cultivate their own understanding about how to resolve challenging value conflicts. Offered as BETH 271 and PHIL 271 . Counts as a Moral & Ethical Reasoning course.