STS.006J / 24.06J Bioethics, Spring 2006
Many difficult ethical questions have arisen from the explosive growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. When and how should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given c...
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| author | Hare, Caspar John, 1972- Jones, David S. (David Shumway) |
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| description | Many difficult ethical questions have arisen from the explosive growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. When and how should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given control over the genetic make-up of their children? What sorts of living things is it appropriate to use as research subjects? How should we distribute scarce and expensive medical resources? While some of these questions are genuinely new, products of rapid changes in biomedical technology, others have been debated for centuries. Drawing on philosophy, history, and anthropology, this course will show students how problems in bioethics can be approached from a variety of perspectives, with the aim of understanding how we have gotten where we are, and how we should decide where to go next. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/528172025-02-20T22:03:57Z STS.006J / 24.06J Bioethics, Spring 2006 Bioethics Hare, Caspar John, 1972- Jones, David S. (David Shumway) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy medical ethics ethics genetics stem cell GM genetically modified genetic engineering risk biomedical medicine cloning euthanasia abortion eugenics slippery slope organ transplant organ donor disease public health health care Many difficult ethical questions have arisen from the explosive growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. When and how should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given control over the genetic make-up of their children? What sorts of living things is it appropriate to use as research subjects? How should we distribute scarce and expensive medical resources? While some of these questions are genuinely new, products of rapid changes in biomedical technology, others have been debated for centuries. Drawing on philosophy, history, and anthropology, this course will show students how problems in bioethics can be approached from a variety of perspectives, with the aim of understanding how we have gotten where we are, and how we should decide where to go next. 2006-06 Learning Object STS.006J-Spring2006 local: STS.006J local: 24.06J local: IMSCP-MD5-1f3960177ebdb97b1bfddbc2c3e1d9ff http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52817 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Spring 2006 |
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| title | STS.006J / 24.06J Bioethics, Spring 2006 |
| title_full | STS.006J / 24.06J Bioethics, Spring 2006 |
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| title_short | STS.006J / 24.06J Bioethics, Spring 2006 |
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| topic | medical ethics ethics genetics stem cell GM genetically modified genetic engineering risk biomedical medicine cloning euthanasia abortion eugenics slippery slope organ transplant organ donor disease public health health care |
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