This course introduces student to ethical issues relating to medical practice and biological research. Topics may include: reproductive ethics (especially concerning genetic engineering and testing); definitions of health, disease, and disability; abortion and end of life care (advance directives, assisted suicide, euthanasia); experimentation (both human and animal); and practitioner-patient relationships. 

By the end of this course, students will be able to...

1. Demonstrate command of important philosophical terminology, themes, and arguments related to the major normative ethical theories.

2. Apply ethical theories to contemporary problems in biology and medicine.

3. State and evaluate non-trivial theories and arguments related to bioethics.