PHIL 11100 - Ethics A study of the nature of moral value and obligation. Topics such as the following will be considered: different conceptions of the good life and standards of right conduct; the relation of non-moral and moral goodness; determinism, free will, and the problem of moral responsibility; the political and social dimensions of ethics; the principles and methods of moral judgment. Readings will be drawn both from contemporary sources and from the works of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Butler, Hume, Kant, and J. S. Mill.
PHIL 27000 Biomedical Ethics Should people be allowed to sell their kidneys? Even if human fetuses are persons, does it follow that all abortions are wrong? Are brain-dead humans really dead? Are human embryos persons? Is it ever permissible for physicians to lie to patients? Do experiments on human beings always require informed consent? Should alcoholics be given a lower priority for liver transplants than non-alcoholics? These are the kinds of question that the course will address. Topics include abortion, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, human experimentation, human cloning, assisted reproduction, social justice and the allocation of health resources. The focus will be on moral theories, principles, concepts, and arguments.