PHIL 309: Bioethics

PHIL 309-002: Bioethics
(Fall 2019)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW

Section Information for Fall 2019

  • Fulfills the requirement for a course in ethics, social and political philosophy for the philosophy major.

This course is an introduction to contemporary issues in bioethics.  For most topics, we will consider moral arguments for and against various practices, and students will be encouraged to draw their own conclusions regarding the moral permissibility of these practices.  In addition, we will study utilitarianism and Kantian ethics—two highly influential moral theories—with the aim of understanding how they might give us guidance when it comes to framing different moral issues.  No previous experience in philosophy or life-science is required.  

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines some major moral issues involved in practice and research in medicine and health care. Topics to be chosen from medical experimentation, definition of death, physician-assisted dying, genetics and human reproduction, distribution of scarce resources, fertility, and organ transplants. Offered by Philosophy. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Mason Apex
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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