PHL-255: Professional Ethics for Science and Medicine
- 3 Credit Hours
- English/Philosophy Department
- Fall 2025
Course Description
This course explores the professional ethics of science and health care and methods of satisfactorily resolving moral problems that arise in these fields. Students learn to cultivate the ability to recognize moral concerns and the elements necessary to competently understand a moral problem. Topics include patient and research subject safety, autonomy and consent, confidentiality, privacy, objectivity and uncertainty in clinical and scientific knowledge, professional codes of ethics, research integrity, conflicts of interest, issues of race, class, gender, and social justice, property rights, the problems associated with professionalization and professional roles in a global society. Students learn philosophical methods for engaging with these issues, apply these methods to case studies, and think broadly about the role of scientists in a liberal democracy.
Register for this CoursePHL-255 Sections for Fall 2025
1 section available.
PHL-255, Section 001
Scheduled Meeting Times
Type | Location | Date(s) | Day / Time |
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Lecture | Brighton Campus Building 06, Room 431 | Aug 25th, 2025 – Dec 13th, 2025 | Tuesday, Thursday 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Type | Lecture |
Location | Brighton Campus Building 06, Room 431 |
Date(s) | Aug 25th, 2025 – Dec 13th, 2025 |
Day / Time | Tuesday, Thursday 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |