PHIL 009H: Honors Biomedical Ethics

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

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Prerequisites: admis- sion to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor

Description: Honors course corresponding to PHIL 009. Introduces the major camps in ethical theory - utilitari- anism, deontology, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics. Applies these theories to critically examine contempo- rary issues in bioethics. Includes stem-cell research, assisted reproductive technologies, contract gestation, maternal-fetal conflicts, genetic and pharmacological enhancements, access to health care, and physician- assisted suicide.

Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 009 or PHIL 009H.