CERS 0902 - Bioethics and Religion

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Brown University

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This course will explore interactions between contemporary issues in bioethics and religious beliefs and practices. We will consider how religious traditions, both east and west, help to shape conceptions of the human body, personhood, and morality, and how these varying conceptions inform and are informed by bioethical issues such as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, sexual reproduction, and “transhumanism” (cybernetic organisms). This course will be of interest to those who wish to study issues and ideas at the intersection of religion, science, politics, and medicine. Using close reading, written analysis, and in-class discussion of primary and secondary sources, students will strengthen and refine their critical thinking, time-management, and communication skills. Readings will include Aldous Huxley’s novel \"Brave New World,\" as well as selections from the Confucian philosopher Xunzi, theologian Lisa Sowle Cahill, and the 2003 Report of the President’s Council on Bioethics.

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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

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Semester

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