PHIL 165.001 - Bioethics - Department of Philosophy

Instructor: Erik Zhang. This course meets TR 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. in CW 105.

This course investigates some of the central issues in biomedical ethics, including clinical bioethics, population-level bioethics, and the ethics of biomedical research. Some of the issues we will examine might include:

Abortion
Organ transplantation
Ethics of having children
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia
Genetic enhancement
Health and healthcare inequalities
Personal vs social responsibilities for health
Research on animals

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PHIL 165.001 – Bioethics