Bioethics from International Perspective

Subject 730-892 (2009)

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Credit Points:
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Dates & Locations: For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24 - 26 contact hours per subject.
Total Time Commitment: The time commitment for this subject depends on the candidates background and experience.
Prerequisites: N.A.
Corequisites: N.A.
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements: N.A.
Subject Overview:

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Understand the nature of ethical argumentation
  • Identify ethical issues and construct arguments relevant to their practical resolution
  • Be able to engage in ethical debate and evaluate arguments
  • Understand basic ethical theories and concepts
  • Understand the difference between ethics and law in medical matters
  • Understand how ethical principles are relevant to law
  • Understand the modes of moral reasoning that are used in health care ethics, health care policy and in different parts of the world, including Australia
  • Be able to apply the foregoing tools to practical clinical problems and to problems of health law.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

  • The current revolution in bioethical reasoning and methods in bioethics
  • Making good medical-moral judgments for self and others
  • Abortion
  • Euthanasia
  • Regulation of research, including:
    • Stem cell research and cloning
    • Transgenesis and human–non-human chimeras
  • Sale of biological material and body parts
  • Regulation of doping in sport
  • Reproductive cloning
  • Human enhancement
  • Genetic selection
  • Coercion in reproduction.

 
Assessment:
  • Five-minute oral presentation and 10-minute questions (in class) (5%)
  • Research paper 10,000 words (95%) (16 July) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)

 
Prescribed Texts: Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Please visit the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this subject entry.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: Please see the Subject Objectives for this information.
Links to further information: 730-892Bioethics from International PerspectiveMelbourne Law Masters, postgraduate law, post-graduate law, graduate law2009P

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Understand the nature of ethical argumentation
  • Identify ethical issues and construct arguments relevant to their practical resolution
  • Be able to engage in ethical debate and evaluate arguments
  • Understand basic ethical theories and concepts
  • Understand the difference between ethics and law in medical matters
  • Understand how ethical principles are relevant to law
  • Understand the modes of moral reasoning that are used in health care ethics, health care policy and in different parts of the world, including Australia
  • Be able to apply the foregoing tools to practical clinical problems and to problems of health law.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

  • The current revolution in bioethical reasoning and methods in bioethics
  • Making good medical-moral judgments for self and others
  • Abortion
  • Euthanasia
  • Regulation of research, including:
    • Stem cell research and cloning
    • Transgenesis and human–non-human chimeras
  • Sale of biological material and body parts
  • Regulation of doping in sport
  • Reproductive cloning
  • Human enhancement
  • Genetic selection
  • Coercion in reproduction.

 

  • Five-minute oral presentation and 10-minute questions (in class) (5%)
  • Research paper 10,000 words (95%) (16 July) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)

 

N.A. N.A.24 - 26 contact hours per subject.Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Please visit the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this subject entry.Please see the Subject Objectives for this information.The time commitment for this subject depends on the candidates background and experience.N.A.Please see the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website for up to date timetable information.LawLawYNNNParkvillePARKVILLEFor the latest information on this subject, please visit: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/subject/730892730-8922

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