Welcome to the course!

PHIL 242 Introduction to Medical Ethics

Lectures: Tue & Thu, 8.30-9.50am SAV 260

Lecturer: Carina Fourie. fourie@uw.edu. Office Hours: W 1.30-3.30pm; Savery Hall (SH), 389

Teaching Assistants:

Section AA & AE - Christopher Schimke. schimke@uw.edu. Office Hours: TTH 11am-12pm; Big Table, SH

Section AB & AF - Kayla Mehl-Hutchinson. krmehl@uw.edu. Office Hours: WF 9.30-10.30am; Big Table, SH

Section AC & AD - Lindsay Whittaker. lmwhitta@uw.edu. Office Hours: M 3-4pm, W 10.30-11.30am; Big Table, SH

Required for the class:

1. Arguing about Bioethics (2012) Stephen Holland (ed.). Routledge. Available from the UW Bookstore. A copy will also be available on 4-hour reserve at the Odegaard Library.

2. Poll Everywhere Device (e.g. laptop, tablet, phone). If you do not have access to a device, please borrow one from UW Student Technology Loan. 

Course Outline & Modules:

Syllabus & Guidance

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: The Selection & Enhancement of Offspring

Assignment 1 - Central thesis & argument summary

Week 3: Informed Consent

Week 4a: Medical Decision-Making & Relationships

Assignment 2 - Objection and Response

Week 4b: Mental Illness, Compulsory Treatment, and Stigmatization

Week 5a: Mental Illness, Compulsory Treatment, and Stigmatization (continued)

Week 5b: Acquiring Organs for Transplant

Assignment 3 - Short paper

Week 6a: When Are You Dead?

Week 6b: Physician-Assisted Suicide

Week 7a: Physician-Assisted Suicide (continued)

Week 7b: Injustice, Healthcare and Health

Week 8: Injustice, Healthcare and Health (continued)

Assignment 4 - Full Paper

Week 9a: Injustice, Healthcare and Health (continued)

Week 9b: Revision & Exam Guidance

Week 10: Cross-Cultural Bioethics

Exam