Bioethics (Diversity)
General
Prefix
PHIL
Course Number
328
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Theories, principles, and methods. Ethical issues in health care, such as patient autonomy, informed consent, genetic engineering, biomedical research on human and nonhuman subjects, and justice. Development of written arguments on bioethical issues.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
09
Cultural Diversity
Yes
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Place bioethics in the landscape of ethics.
Outcome
Assess the moral justification of chief standards for decision-making in the cases of children and people with profound mental and physical impairments.
Outcome
Associate competing views about the moral status of medically assisted death with the relevant moral theories.
Outcome
Decide whether new reproductive technologies such as ova donation and surrogacy undermine women’s dignity.