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Medical Ethics

CAS PH 251

  • Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Critical Thinking

This course will survey ethical issues that arise in connection with medicine and emerging biotechnologies. It will examine topics such as the right to healthcare, research on human subjects, euthanasia, abortion, cloning, genetic selection, disabilities, and the biomedical enhancement of human capacities. Students can expect to gain not only training in the concepts and methods of moral philosophy and the logic of argumentation, but also the resources needed for assessing ethically difficult questions that healthcare professionals routinely face. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings, Ethical Reasoning, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2022 Schedule

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A1 Sheintul STO B50 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Class Full

FALL 2022 Schedule

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A2 Sheintul CAS 229 T 11:15 am-12:05 pm Class Full

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A3 Sheintul CAS 320 M 10:10 am-11:00 am

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A4 Sheintul CAS 223 W 9:05 am-9:55 am Class Full

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A5 Sheintul CAS 220 F 2:30 pm-3:20 pm Class Full

FALL 2022 Schedule

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B1 Sheintul KCB 101 MWF 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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B2 Sheintul CAS 220 M 2:30 pm-3:20 pm Class Full

FALL 2022 Schedule

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B3 Sheintul SHA 210 R 11:15 am-12:05 pm

FALL 2022 Schedule

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B4 Sheintul CAS 214 W 9:05 am-9:55 am Class Full

FALL 2022 Schedule

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B5 Sheintul CAS B27 F 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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A1 Powell CAS B12 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

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A2 Powell CAS 227 M 10:10 am-11:00 am

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A3 Powell STH B22 T 3:35 pm-4:25 pm Class Full

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A4 Powell MUG 203 W 9:05 am-9:55 am Class Full

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A5 Powell STH B22 F 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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B1 Sheintul CAS B12 MWF 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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B2 Sheintul CGS 311 M 2:30 pm-3:20 pm Class Full

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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B3 Sheintul CGS 521 T 11:15 am-12:05 pm

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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B4 Sheintul CAS 228 W 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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B5 Sheintul STH B22 R 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

SPRG 2023 Schedule

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B6 Sheintul CAS 214 F 11:15 am-12:05 pm Class Full

Note: this course was also offered during Summer Term

Note that this information may change at any time. Please visit the Student Link for the most up-to-date course information.