Syllabus home
lectures:
1 Introduction
2 The Sanctity of New Life
3 The Limits of the Rights of New Life
4 Duty versus Decency
5 Father's Rights
6 Virtues and the Good
7 What is Sacred?
8 The Sacred and the Tragic
9/10 The Problem with Death
11 Good Death ?
12 Suicide
13 The Right to Die
14 A Duty to Die?
15 Politics and Bioethics
16 Judging Abortion: The Morgentaler Decision
17 Autonomy and Informed Consent
18 Limits to Informed Consent: The Rodriguez Decision
19 Problems for Informed Consent: Cultural Differences
20 Beyond Consent I: Pre-competence
21 Beyond Consent II: Post-competence
22 Beyond Consent III: the Mentally Disabled
23 Beyond Consent IV: Post-competent and Loving It
Readings:
Dworkin "Life Past Reason"
John and Joan
Other Material:
Essay Lecture I
Essay Writing Lecture II