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PHIL0217A-S25

Issues in Bioethics

Issues in Bioethics
In this course, we will look at when medicine departs from its usual purpose of prolonging life and treating disease/injury, as well as how to distribute medical resources needed for that purpose. First, when should medicine be used not to avoid death, but to bring it about? We will discuss abortion and euthanasia. Second, when should medicine be used to change our physical condition, in non-disease/injury contexts? We will discuss the nature of disability and the permissibility of human enhancement. Finally, we will look at how we should distribute medical resources in a variety of contexts, including triage, vaccine distribution and the anti-vax movement, Third World clinical trials, and blood donations, as well as how structural inequalities hamper just resource distribution. (Not open to students who have completed PHIL 1034)
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22703
Subject Code:
PHIL
Course Number:
0217
Section Identifier:
A

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PHIL 0217

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Spring 2025

PHIL0217A-S25 Lecture (Juvshik)