Section Info: PHIL-181-01

Course Title: Medical Ethics
Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023
Term: Fall Semester 2023
Description: Contemporary medicine gives rise to a variety of moral and philosophical questions. What moral duties do we have to those at the beginning of life? How should we approach to euthanasia? Should we be worried about the growth of technology in medicine? Should public health be prioritized over an individual's autonomy regarding their own body? How should limited health care resources be distributed? The goals of this course are to improve our understanding of the best arguments on different sides of these questions. The course will begin with a theory section, where we survey influential ethical theories that will be helpful towards finding reasonable answers to questions within medical ethics.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Brian Wermcrantz             bwermcrantz@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   10:00AM - 11:15AM   CLEV - Cleveland   003L   Weekly

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Course Availability
Section status: Open     Capacity: 48     Enrollment: 38     Available: 10     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
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