PHIL 442: Medical Ethics

Course Description

An examination of moral issues in medicine. Among the problems to be considered are truth-telling and paternalism in the doctor-patient relationship, psychosurgery and behavior control, death and euthanasia, the allocation of scarce resources, and genetic counseling and control. Specific attention will be given to ethical theories and to philosophical concepts such as rights, autonomy, and justice. Students cannot receive credit for bothPHIL 442andPHIL 542. Students electing this course must have successfully completed a previous course in philosophy or have permission of instructor.