BIOEMINU - Bioethics
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Program Type
Undergraduate Minor
College
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Career
Undergraduate
Program Description
A bioethics minor will introduce you to the fundamental ethical issues surrounding medicine and biotechnology. You will learn to dissect thoughtfully such questions as: What rights and duties come with the role of health care provider? Should the healthcare provider always disclose to a patient the full truth about his or her diagnosis? What rights do persons have over their bodies? How ought scarce health care resources be distributed? Does everyone have a right to health care?
This minor will give you skills for recognizing the scope and force of an ethical conflict when it occurs and ways of becoming more reflective and open-minded about differing moral views. It will provide you with the skills to cogently clarify and defend your own principles and lobby for changes in regulations when there is a perceived need. It will also give you skills to understand the many opposing ideas and to appreciate the arguments people give for them. The skills acquired in philosophical argument are indispensable for engaging with the evolving moral discussions and debates surrounding bioethics. Students develop skills in verbal and written communication, problem-solving, clear and disciplined thinking, and persuasive argumentation. This Minor in bioethics prepares students for fulfilling work in business, medicine, hospital administration, biotechnology, government, and the law.
This minor will give you skills for recognizing the scope and force of an ethical conflict when it occurs and ways of becoming more reflective and open-minded about differing moral views. It will provide you with the skills to cogently clarify and defend your own principles and lobby for changes in regulations when there is a perceived need. It will also give you skills to understand the many opposing ideas and to appreciate the arguments people give for them. The skills acquired in philosophical argument are indispensable for engaging with the evolving moral discussions and debates surrounding bioethics. Students develop skills in verbal and written communication, problem-solving, clear and disciplined thinking, and persuasive argumentation. This Minor in bioethics prepares students for fulfilling work in business, medicine, hospital administration, biotechnology, government, and the law.