PHI 213: Medical and Bio-Ethics
SYLLABUS:
PHI 213: MEDICAL AND BIO-ETHICS (SPRING 2024) -- Available NOW!!
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE:
PHI 213, SPRING 2024 MW 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. (Section 27332) -- Available NOW!!
COURSE MATERIAL:
ARTICLE SUMMARY GUIDELINES:
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES:
General Guidelines on the Elements of a Presentation for PHI 213
PHI 213, Example of Presentation Notes: Ackerman's article, "Why Doctors Should Intervene."
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS (and Abbreviation Guide for Grading):
First Paper Assignment -- Available when Dr. Y announces in class.
Second Paper Assignment -- Available NOW!!
Third Paper Assignment -- Available NOW!!
Grading Legend -- Explanations for the abbreviations on your graded papers.
ADVICE ON WRITING PAPERS:
OPTIONAL COURSE MATERIAL (only look at and/or print this stuff if you're interested in it):
Dr. Y's "The Importance of Philosophy: Why does philosophy matter? Why bother with it?"
Dr. Y's List of Fallacies -- A whole bunch of fallacies: Don't commit these and point them out when others do!
Normative Ethics Diagram (Thumbnail sketch of different major ways of approaching ethics)
Immanuel Kant in The Principles of Public Right is in favor of the Death Penalty
Act Utilitarianism versus Rule Utilitarianism -- Definitions of and examples of each ethical theory
Kant's Ethical Theory versus Mill's Ethical Theory -- Considerations for and against each view
Dax Cowart Story on 20/20 [on YouTube] -- More information about one of our authors we are reading.
Roe v. Wade decision: Dr. Y's notes on Justice White's Dissent
The End of Roe v. Wade: A Briefing from Lewis Vaughn, Doing Ethics, 6/e
Interactive State Map of Abortion Laws (with Waiting Periods and Exceptions)
Dr. Y's short paper: "Consistency and the Conservative Abortion Position"
Where Assisted Death is Legal in the US and the World (as of November 2020)
Steven Brill's "Bitter Pill" (Time Magazine's Special Report on Health Care)
"Medicare for All" saves money (according to 22 studies)
David H. Freedman's "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" -- Amazing paper on a study of lots of important medical studies, that shows that they were not done well, statistics- or method-wise! Very important if you're going to do biomedical research!
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Biological Questions - The Vatican's (Catholic Church's) Pronouncements and Arguments on Certain Biological Questions (June 2008)
Why Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Spread Exponentially, and How to "Flatten the Curve"
Optional Extra Credit Assignments -- Available NOW!!