PHI-230
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Biomedical Ethics
Identify and discuss several ethical issues in the biomedical fields
Analyze ethical dilemmas by applying ethical theories and concepts
Evaluate the philosophical reasoning that may be used to defend specific policies
Develop their own views on a variety of contemporary moral problems related to the health sciences
Overview of major ethical theories, principles, and concepts
Issues involving the beginning and end of life (e.g., abortion, euthanasia, life extension)
Issues involving the treatment of individuals (e.g., informed consent, paternalism, privacy, human experimentation)
Issues involving transformative technologies (e.g., cloning, genetic enhancement, eugenics)
Issues involving the allocation of resources in society (e.g., organ markets, gene patents, universal health care, micro-allocation of resources)