Biotech Ethics

Harvard FAS

This course applies ethical reasoning to recent developments in biotechnology, healthcare, and medicine. Using a discussion-based approach we explore how biotechnological advancements reshape our social relationships, inform public policy, and ultimately change what it means to be human. Some of the questions we ask: Should parents be allowed to choose their “best possible child” through genetic selection? Could artificial wombs solve the abortion debate? Is aging something to be “cured”?…