Adavanced Medical Ethics - ETHICS 505

This course will focus on the study of general philosophical and/or theological theories, principles, and applications in the field of biomedical ethics.  (3 credits)

Course Objectives

     1)    Understand the critical importance of the use of ethical theory when facing moral issues in a health-care context and the pivotal role moral judgment plays in the lives of health-care professionals.

     2)    Develop an ongoing moral sensitivity to the individual and social aspects of health-care issues.

     3)    Develop an attentive attitude to the moral dialogue within the health-care profession.

     4)    Demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of religious and theological concerns within health-care ethics and society at-large.