Instructor

California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-2025

This course will prepare a team to participate in the California region Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in November/December. The Ethics Bowl provides students with the opportunity to discuss and work towards solving complex ethical issues in a team setting. The course will be structured around the ∼15 case studies we receive, and consist of learning argumentative tools in ethics, researching and analyzing the case studies, and discussion practice in the lead-up to the tournament. During the tournament we will present & defend our analyses and engage with the analyses of other teams. 


A survey of issues in bioethics. Topics may include: abortion and reproductive rights; euthanasia; physician-patient relationship; use of human embryos and stem cells in research; use of human subjects in research and the concept of informed consent; research on and treatment of non-human animals; organ transplantation, distribution and sale; genetic modification of organisms (including humans); synthetic biology; cure vs. enhancement and other issues in biotechnology and neuroethics.


Carleton University, Department of Philosophy, 2020 

Ethical and political issues in medicine, public health, biotechnology, and the life sciences. Topics may include reproductive ethics, research on human subjects, animal research and treatment, justice and health care, physician-patient relationships, death and the end of life, and genetic engineering.