PHIL 205 - Medical Ethics

Institution:

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

Surveys major approaches to ethical decision making in medical contexts, including consequentialism, deontology, and principalism. Investigates moral issues such as human experimentation, death and dying, medical care and its distribution, genetic engineering, and the definition of health and illness. Emphasis is placed on philosophical problems that arise in the practice of medicine.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.commonwealthu.edu/

Phone Number:

(570) 389-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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