CEPL 0910 - Bioethics

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Brown University

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Description:

This course will introduce students to current controversies in bioethics concerning the use of biotechnologies to enhance human traits. We will discuss the ethical issues raised by cosmetic surgery, cosmetic psychopharmacology, genetic enhancements, genetic screening, eugenics, and the alternative reproductive technologies. We will consider such questions as: What if anything is morally suspect about cosmetic surgery? Is taking Prozac or some such drug to change one\'s personality morally problematic? -- Parties to these debates approach the issues from a variety of moral frameworks or moral theories, including: rights, consequentialist, ethics of care, and human flourishing. We will consider each topic from several of these theoretical approaches and see how they yield different moral judgments.

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0.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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