PHIL - 316. Biomedical Ethics

This course explores the application of philosophical ethics to three domains within biomedicine and healthcare: clinical ethics, research ethics, and population-level ethics. Core topics may include: the distinction between the role of clinical practitioner and the role of biomedical  researcher, the duties and obligations that clinical practitioners owe to their patients, the duties and obligations that medical researchers owe to their trial participants, global health disparities and population-level healthcare justice. This course will incorporate multiple normative frameworks to analyze these topics (e.g. consequentialism, deontology, care ethics, role-morality), with a special emphasis on how the practical application of philosophical ethics to biomedicine and healthcare can promote social justice.

Prerequisite(s):  PHIL 101  or PHIL 103  or PHIL 105 . 
Attribute: CFJ, LAS, STVP