Bioetics

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2022-2023

Thematik

The primary objective of the course is to present and discuss basic ethical considerations that are relevant to biotechnological research and various applications of biotechnology. Course topics include: international standards of modern medical ethics, main aspects of environmental ethics, animal protection ethics, laboratory biosafety ethics, ethical dilemmas of genetic engineering in plant, animal and human organisms.

Vorlesungen

Praktika

Seminare

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Basic notions, Theories
• 3. Moral issues of genetic interventions 1.
• 4. Moral issues of genetic interventions 2.
• 5. Ethical issues of human experiments 1.
• 6. Ethical issues of human experiments 2.
• 7. Reproductive ethics 1.
• 8. Reproductive ethics 2.
• 9. Environmental ethics 1.
• 10. Environmental ethics 2.
• 11. Ethics of organ- and tissue transplantation 1.
• 12. Ethics of organ- and tissue transplantation 2.
• 13. Semester closure
• 14. Test exam

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

A. R. Jonsen, M. Siegler, W. J. Winsdale, Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8th edition, 2015, McGraw-Hill Education, New York
P. Nambisan 2017. An introduction to ethical, safety and intellectual property rights issues in biotechnology. Academic Press. (chapters 5-11; pp 127-272.)
J. Morris 2006. The Ethics of Biotechnology, Infobase Publishing

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

M. Hauskeller: Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life, Ashgate, 2007
B. Steinbock: The Oxford handbook of bioethics. Oxford University Press, 2007

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Semesteranforderungen

According to the Studies and Exams Code.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

None.

Prüfungsfragen

Test questions from notes.

Prüfer

• Dr. Laki Beáta

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Dr. Laki Beáta