Medical Ethics (PHIL403)
Patrick Dieveney
Online asynchronous (section 01)
Jaehyun Lee
Mondays & Wednesdays · 11:00am–12:15pm (section 02) · LA2–206
Mondays & Wednesdays · 12:30pm–1:45pm (section 03) · LA2–206
This course explores a range of issues in contemporary nursing ethics, medical ethics, and bioethics. Topics discussed in the course include ethical issues concerning patient autonomy and consent, human and animal research, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and social justice and health-care policy. The primary goal in the course is to introduce students to various ethical issues in the biomedical sciences and equip them with the analytical tools necessary to appreciate the various positions and arguments. In the process, students will also gain an understanding of historically prominent theories in normative ethics, such as virtue ethics, deontology, and utilitarianism. The course should prove beneficial to those for whom this may be their only philosophy course (no prior background in philosophy is required), and it will provide a good background for those who might wish to pursue further studies in philosophy.
GE/GR areas: upper-division C (humanities) and WI (writing)