ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge about ethical issues in healthcare Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Communicate precisely and concisely in both writing and speech Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Think critically about arguments related to ethical issues in health care with the aim of uncovering the truth Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Practice interpretive charity and intellectual honesty, which includes appropriate attribution to others of their ideas, and recognition and frankness about the limitations of one’s own ideas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Independently locate and engage with the latest relevant empirical and philosophical research relevant to evaluating ethical issues in health care Audience: Graduate 6. Exhibit substantial synthetic and analytic abilities in considering the ethical dimensions of ethical issues in health care Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge about ethical issues in healthcare Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Communicate precisely and concisely in both writing and speech Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Think critically about arguments related to ethical issues in health care with the aim of uncovering the truth Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Practice interpretive charity and intellectual honesty, which includes appropriate attribution to others of their ideas, and recognition and frankness about the limitations of one’s own ideas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Independently locate and engage with the latest relevant empirical and philosophical research relevant to evaluating ethical issues in health care Audience: Graduate 6. Exhibit substantial synthetic and analytic abilities in considering the ethical dimensions of ethical issues in health care Audience: Graduate