BIOMEDICAL ETHICS (PHCE-4011)
(01/31/2022-05/20/2022)
Course Memo
In recent years technological innovation and the development of new biomedical technologies have been the source of some of the most complex and challenging ethical issues and questions. This seminar addresses these ethical questions from the perspective of the Catholic moral tradition, especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the resources of the western philosophical tradition. Students will examine such issues as brain death and the end of life, the moral status of the unborn and persons in persistent vegetative states, the treatment of animals, the limits of genetic intervention and cloning, artificial enhancement and technological manipulation of the human body. Seminar format. Intended audience: M.A. and Ph.D. students. Student evaluation will be based on class participation, several short class presentations, and a final 15-20 page research paper.