Syllabus
There are scheduled four lectures and two seminaries.
The topics of the lectures are: 1. An Introduction to the philosophical thinking II. Freedom and conscioussnes. 2. Basic Ethical Theories essential for Medical Ethics. Utilitarianism and Deontology. Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology. "After Virtue". 3. Four Principles of the Medical Ethics. Principle of Double Effect. Conflicts among principles. 4. PharmacoEthics.
The topics of the seminaries are: 1. Reproductive and Therapeutical Cloning. Pros and Cons. The Right of the Child to the "Open Future". 2. Conflicts among Principles of Medical Ethics. Case Reports.
Annotation
This course is based on knowledge received during the opening course. Students are trained to use a three step way of arguing: firstly general introduction to a given problem, biological/biochemical or medical background of certain specific problem, then so called descriptive ethics - description of different attitudes of different philosophers, philosophical schools, main religions etc.
The most improtant step is the third one: an attempt to define my own stance supported by arguments. This three step method is demonstrate on plenty of case reports.