Course Details
PL 102 Overview
Students inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death. Questions entertained in the course include: What is the most ethically appropriate way to distribute limited healthcare resources? Is a person morally obligated to donate their organs after death? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? Bioethics is an ideal course for those pursuing careers in science, psychology or medicine, as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions relating to personal health and its limitations.
- 3.00 Credits
- PL
Sections
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Spring PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
1/25/2021 - 5/16/2021
T, R 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Online
Synchronous online
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Spring PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
1/25/2021 - 5/16/2021
Face to Face
St Thomas More students only
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Summer PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
7/5/2021 - 8/15/2021
Online
Trad undergrad section
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Summer PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
7/5/2021 - 8/15/2021
Online
Bus evening/online stndts only
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Summer PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
7/5/2021 - 8/15/2021
Online
RN to BSN students only
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Summer PL 102
This course invites students to inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death, and to consider carefully the proper moral response to these human realities. Questions entertained in the course will include: When, for purposes of organ donation, can we say that someone is dead? Is it ethical to experiment on animals? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? How do Buddhists view the end of life? As a discipline which addresses profound ethical questions brought about by scientific and medical advances, the course is ideal for those pursuing careers in science and medicine as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions that are at the root of these contemporary challenges.
Course Code: PL 102
7/5/2021 - 8/15/2021
Online
BSRT students only
Introduction to Bioethics - 2021 Fall PL 102
Students inquire into the nature of body and spirit, health and sickness, and life and death. Questions entertained in the course include: What is the most ethically appropriate way to distribute limited healthcare resources? Is a person morally obligated to donate their organs after death? Should couples use methods of artificial reproduction to make “designer children”? Bioethics is an ideal course for those pursuing careers in science, psychology or medicine, as well as for all who wonder about the deep philosophical questions relating to personal health and its limitations.
Course Code: PL 102
8/23/2021 - 12/12/2021
M, W 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Face to Face
Nursing students only
Main Campus