Philosophy 2
Fall 2022
Number | Title | Instructor | Days/time | Room |
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2 | Individual Morality and Social Justice | Frick | MWF 10-11 | Valley Life Sci 2040 |
This course aims to introduce you to a range of philosophical debates in clinical and population-level bioethics. Among the topics in clinical bioethics that we will discuss are
· Abortion
· Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia
· Pre-commitment in bioethics
· Genetic enhancement
· The Non-Identity Problem
In population-level bioethics, questions we will discuss include
· The concept of disability
· The measurement and valuation of health
· Cost-effectiveness and disability-discrimination
· Bioethics in a Time of Pandemic: Quarantine, Triage, Drug Trials
· Health inequalities and justice
· Personal and social responsibility for health
· Paternalism, nudges, and incentives
· Standards of care in clinical trials in the US and abroad.
Previously taught: SP22 (Frick), FL21 (Sluga), SU21D (Schneider), SU21A (French), SP21 (Wallace), FL20 (Sluga), SU20D (Strelau), SU20A (Haddow), SP20 (Wallace), FL19 (Sluga), SU19D (French), SU19C (Grosser), SU19A (Fakhri), SP19 (Wallace), FL18 (Sluga), SU18D (French), SU18C (Grosser), SU18A (Rudolph), FL17 (Sluga), SU17D (Haddow), SU17C (Grosser), SU17A (Kaplan), SP17 (Kolodny), FL16 (Sluga), SU16D (Khokhar), SU16C (Grosser), SU16A (Murray), FL15 (Sluga), SU15D (Pickering), SU15A (Vildostegui), SP15 (Sluga), SU14D (Jonker), SU14A (Gibson), SP14 (Sluga), SU13D (Berkey), SU13A (Berkey), FL12 (Sluga), SU12D (Carey), SU12A (Scharding), FL11 (Sluga), SU11D (Matthes), SU11A (Berkey), SP11 (Kolodny), SU10D (Berkey), SU10A (Kohl), SP10 (Kolodny), SU09D (Engen), SU09A (Berkey), FL08 (Sluga), FL07 (Kolodny), SU07D (Callard), FL06 (Kolodny), SU06A (Callard), FL05 (Wallace), SU05D (Haase), SP05 (Rees), FL04 (Rees), SU04D (Callard), SU04A (Smith), SP04 (Sluga), FL03 (Wallace).