Course: Ethics in Biomedicine

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Course title Ethics in Biomedicine
Course code KFL/EBOB
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Trčka Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction: Introduction to professional methods of moral reasoning. 2. Basic ethical theories: Utilitarianism, libertarianism, deontological ethics, communitarianism. 3. Bioethics: Introduction to the transdisciplinary approach, main areas and topics of bioethics. 4. Experiments on animals: Ethical reflex of the relationship to animals as experimental objects. 5. Bioethics and genetic engineering: Introduction to the ethical issue of genetic engineering. 6. Ethical dilemmas of tissue engineering: Basic selected ethical dilemmas in tissue engineering. 7. Professional ethics: Current form, dilemmas and challenges of professional ethics in bioengineering. Seminars: This basic framework will be supplemented by student contributions (present a paper), which will be based on the students' specialization. 1. Logic and Ethics: Ethical Dilemma, Thought Experiment and Fundamentals of Argumentative Skills. 2. Basic ethical theories: Argumentation from the position of utilitarianism, libertarianism, deontological ethics, communitarianism. 3. Bioethics and bioengineering: Application of ethical theories to selected ethical dilemmas of bioethics and bioengineering. 4. Bioethics and experiments on humans and animals: Moral limits of experimentation with humans and other animals. 5. Genotechnology: Selected ethical problems in the field of the use of genetic technologies. 6. Ethical dilemmas of tissue engineering: Application of ethical theories to selected ethical dilemmas in tissue engineering. 7. Professional ethics: Critical analysis of the current view of ethics in biomedical fields; analysis of problematic aspects of ethical codes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
In the course, students will learn about ethics and bioethics, their basic theoretical approaches. The subject introduces students to the basic ethical problems of bioethics, but also to specific ethical contexts of the future professional focus (bioengineering). In the seminar parts, in addition to professional knowledge of bioethics and ethics for bioengineering, the ability to logically construct statements, argumentation and value judgments, as well as the ability to discuss and defend one's opinions, whether in the area of ethical dilemmas or solving thought experiments, will be practiced.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Reading compulsory literature. Seminar work with present a paper. Completion of ongoing tasks (interpretation of texts assigned in seminars). Pass a test.
Recommended literature
  • BRYANT J., BAGOTT L. A., VELLE L., SEARLE J. (eds.). Bioethics for Scientists. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2002. ISBN: 0-471-49532-8..
  • FRIZE, M. Ethics for Bioengineers. Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2011. ISBN 9781608453702..
  • SINGER, P. Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Oxford readers. ISBN 0-19-289245-2..
  • SINGER, P. Practical Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-70768-8..
  • SINGER, Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-70768-8..
  • VARELLO, D. A. Biomedical Ethics for Engineers: Ethics and Decision Making in Biomedical and Biosystem.


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