ETHICAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Analyze ethical dimensions of population-level efforts to protect and promote health. Gain understanding of different ethical frameworks, their theoretical underpinnings, and their prospects for resolving real-world policy dilemmas in the context of medicine and public health. Hone the craft of constructing ethical arguments, and foreseeing and responding to potential objections.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of public health ethics as an enterprise incorporating moral philosophy, bioethics, and evidence-based biological and social science Audience: Graduate 2. Clarify diverse moral values and principles that create various public health dilemmas Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess these values and principles using tools of philosophical analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Explain others’ ethical claims and arguments clearly, concisely, and accurately Audience: Graduate 5. Write a clear and concise argumentative paper defending an ethical thesis bearing on the practice of public health Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of public health ethics as an enterprise incorporating moral philosophy, bioethics, and evidence-based biological and social science Audience: Graduate 2. Clarify diverse moral values and principles that create various public health dilemmas Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess these values and principles using tools of philosophical analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Explain others’ ethical claims and arguments clearly, concisely, and accurately Audience: Graduate 5. Write a clear and concise argumentative paper defending an ethical thesis bearing on the practice of public health Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027