Medical Ethics
PH 251
Tues/Thurs: 11:00-12:15
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INTRODUCTION
Sept. 4
Introduction to the course
Sept. 6
Human evolution (no reading)
1. GENETIC ENGINEERING
Sept. 11
Julian Savulescu - "As a Species, We Have a Moral Obligation to Enhance Ourselves" (TED interview)
Sept. 13
Michael Sandel - "The Case Against Perfection"
Sept. 18
Walter Glannon - "Genetic Enhancement"
Sept. 20
Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch - "The Disability Rights Critique" (excerpt)
2. HUMAN ENHANCEMENT
Sept. 25
Ted Chiang - "Understand" (short story)
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 1
Sept. 27
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 2
Oct. 2
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 3
Oct. 4
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 4
Oct. 19
NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
Oct. 12
NO CLASS (Tuesday makeup section)
Oct. 16
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 5
Oct. 18
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 6-7
Oct. 23
Begin watching documentary Fixed
Oct. 25
Finish watching documentary Fixed
3. HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
Oct. 30
Begin watching documentary Escape Fire
Nov. 1
Finish watching documentary Escape Fire
Nov. 6
Sarah Kliff - "Everything You Need to Know about Obamacare"
BBC News: "How has Obamacare Fared Under Trump?"
Danielle Kurtzleben - "Here's What's in Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for All' Bill"
Nov. 8
Atul Gawande - "Is Health Care a Right?"
Nov. 13
Norman Daniels - "Is There a Right to Health Care?"
Nov. 15
David Goldhill - "How American Health Care Killed My Father"
Nov. 20
NO CLASS
Nov. 22
NO CLASS--Thanksgiving
4. SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MEDICINE
Nov. 27
Susan Sherwin - "Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care"
Nov. 29
Nina Martin and Renee Montagne - "Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth"
Elizabeth Anderson - "Racial Segregation and Material Inequality in the United States"
Dec. 4
Abby Norman - "Women's Troubles"
Rebecca Solnit - "Cassandra Among the Creeps"
Dec. 6
TED Talk by Peter Singer - "The Why and How of Effective Altruism"
Gregory Lewis - "Medical Careers"
Amia Srinivasan - "Stop the Robot Apocalypse"
Dec. 11
TBA
Photo by Daniel Star
PH 251
Tues/Thurs: 11:00-12:15
Download Full Syllabus
INTRODUCTION
Sept. 4
Introduction to the course
Sept. 6
Human evolution (no reading)
1. GENETIC ENGINEERING
Sept. 11
Julian Savulescu - "As a Species, We Have a Moral Obligation to Enhance Ourselves" (TED interview)
Sept. 13
Michael Sandel - "The Case Against Perfection"
Sept. 18
Walter Glannon - "Genetic Enhancement"
Sept. 20
Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch - "The Disability Rights Critique" (excerpt)
2. HUMAN ENHANCEMENT
Sept. 25
Ted Chiang - "Understand" (short story)
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 1
Sept. 27
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 2
Oct. 2
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 3
Oct. 4
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 4
Oct. 19
NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
Oct. 12
NO CLASS (Tuesday makeup section)
Oct. 16
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 5
Oct. 18
Allen Buchanan - Better Than Human Ch. 6-7
Oct. 23
Begin watching documentary Fixed
Oct. 25
Finish watching documentary Fixed
3. HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
Oct. 30
Begin watching documentary Escape Fire
Nov. 1
Finish watching documentary Escape Fire
Nov. 6
Sarah Kliff - "Everything You Need to Know about Obamacare"
BBC News: "How has Obamacare Fared Under Trump?"
Danielle Kurtzleben - "Here's What's in Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for All' Bill"
Nov. 8
Atul Gawande - "Is Health Care a Right?"
Nov. 13
Norman Daniels - "Is There a Right to Health Care?"
Nov. 15
David Goldhill - "How American Health Care Killed My Father"
Nov. 20
NO CLASS
Nov. 22
NO CLASS--Thanksgiving
4. SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MEDICINE
Nov. 27
Susan Sherwin - "Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care"
Nov. 29
Nina Martin and Renee Montagne - "Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth"
Elizabeth Anderson - "Racial Segregation and Material Inequality in the United States"
Dec. 4
Abby Norman - "Women's Troubles"
Rebecca Solnit - "Cassandra Among the Creeps"
Dec. 6
TED Talk by Peter Singer - "The Why and How of Effective Altruism"
Gregory Lewis - "Medical Careers"
Amia Srinivasan - "Stop the Robot Apocalypse"
Dec. 11
TBA
Photo by Daniel Star