bioethics and the life sciences
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Explores ethical issues within, and arising from, science and technology. Covers basic ethics in science, and the moral and social implications of science for human life, particularly its earliest stages.TRANSCRIPT
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“sciencecanonlyascertainwhatis, butnotwhatshouldbe” AlbertEinstein
BITC201Bioethics and the Life Sciences18 points1st semesterPrerequisites: 126 points at 100-level
•Whatdolifescientistsowesociety?
•Ifhumanscanimprovetheirbodiesusingtechnology,whyshouldn’tthey?
•Shouldweselectivelyimplantonlythebestembryos?
•Issupportforanimalrightsanti-science?
•Doeschangingyourbrainchangewhoyouare?
•Shouldwegeneticallyalteranimalsifitmightincreasetheirintelligence?