HPRF 140 — Biomedical Ethics
3 Lecture Hours, 3 Credits Prerequisites: ENGL 101 or ENGL 101E The range of issues that define bioethics intersect with issues of racial and gender equality, as well as policies affecting the world’s most vulnerable populations. This multidisciplinary course blends the arts of philosophy, theology, history, and law to examine biomedical issues in personal, social, and cultural contexts. Students will be introduced to classic and contemporary methods and theories of ethics and use those concepts to analyze a variety of current biomedical and health-care related issues and apply moral reasoning to formulate an ethical response. This class serves as a framework to assist professionals in resolving legal and ethical questions in the field of medicine and research.