PHIL328

This course will be a comprehensive introduction to bioethics. Bioethics applies the traditional ethical concerns to the technologies and choices of today's world. Some questions we will consider are: When does human life begin? What does it mean to create life? How are humans uniquely responsible for sustaining life? Should it ever be ended for compassionate reasons? What obligations do we have to those who cannot make their own health care decisions? We will learn through conversation, working and teaching in groups and writing papers and exams.