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PHIL 244 - Bioethics

(3 units) CO9, CO12
Treatment of such issues as abortion and euthanasia, cloning, genetic screening, just health care, patients’ rights, the use of human and animal subjects in research.

Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO9, CO12
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to state a thesis about a text in bioethics, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
2. Students will be able to analyze at an introductory level some fundamental issues and problems in bioethics.
3. Students will be able to distinguish better and worse reasoning in texts concerned with bioethics.
4. Students will be able to explain the practical implications of an abstract debate in the bioethics literature, especially in the light of recent or evolving scientific/technological developments.


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