Ethics

Adatok

A Tantárgybejelentőben megadott hivatalos adatok az alábbi tanévre: 2019-2020

Tematika

The main aim of the course is to present the most relevant ethical considerations and dilemmas, which are related to biotechnological research, and also to the applications of biotechnology. In addition, during the course students will get acquainted with the social and legal debates that are implicated by the progress of biotechnology. In the course, the following topics will be discussed: the ethics of clinical trials involving human subjects, the ethics and the legal regulations of animal experiments, the ethical questions about the use of organs and tissues, the ethical issues of cloning and genetic interventions.

Előadások

• 1. Introduction - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 2. The role of ethics in biotechnology. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 3. The main moral theories. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 4. The most fundamental ethical principles of healthcare profession - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 5. The ethics of clinical trials 1. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 6. The ethics of clinical trials 2. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 7. The ethical implications of animal experiments 1 - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 8. The ethical implications of animal experiments 2. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 9. Ethical issues raised by stem cell research, and by reproductive medicine 1. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 10. Ethical issues raised by stem cell research, and by reproductive medicine 2. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 11. The ethical debates about reproductive human cloning. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 12. The ethics of the use of organs and tissues for research or for therapeutic purpose. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 13. Gene-ethics 1. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor
• 14. Gene-ethics 2. - Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor

Gyakorlatok

Szemináriumok

• 1. The relation between scientific and ethical consideration in medicine.
• 2. The role of ethics in biotechnology.
• 3. On how to apply ethical theories in decision making 1.
• 4. On how to apply ethical theories in decision making 2.
• 5. Critical thinking, scientific cognition, and the methodology of empirical research.
• 6. The ethics of scientific publication.
• 7. Case studies about issues raised by biotechnology 1.
• 8. Case studies about issues raised by biotechnology 2.
• 9. Short presentations given by the students 1.
• 10. Short presentations given by the students 2.
• 11. Mini conference on ethical and social implications of the possible future use of germ-cell genetic intervention in the human genome 1.
• 12. Mini conference on ethical and social implications of the possible future use of germ-cell genetic intervention in the human genome 2.
• 13. Summarizing discussion.
• 14. Written test

A tananyag elsajátításához szükséges segédanyagok

Kötelező irodalom

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Saját oktatási anyag

Course materials: Neptun Meet Street.

Jegyzet

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Ajánlott irodalom

Justin Burley and John Harris (eds.): A Companion to Genethics, Balckwell Publishers Ltd., Massachussets/Oxford, 2002
Gehring, Verna V., Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics and Public Policy, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004
Andrew Johnson, Alan Holland: Animal Biotechnology and Ethics, Springer, 1997.
Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 1979, 48-72.
Hoeyer, K., Koch, L.: The Ethics of Functional Genetics: Same, Same, but Different?, Trends in Biotechnology, 24(9), 387-3789, 2006.
H. Verhoog: Naturalness and the Genetic Modification of Animals, Trends in Biotechnology, 21(7), 294-297, 2003.
F. S. Collins, E. D. Green, et al.: A Vision for the Future of Genomic Research, Nature, 422, 835-847, 2003

A félév elfogadásának feltételei

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Félévközi ellenőrzések

Written test. To improve the grade, the test can be repeated two times. Oral exam is also an option for that purpose.

Távolmaradás pótlásának lehetőségei

According to the Code of Studies and Examinations

Vizsgakérdések

Available on Neptun Meet Street.

Vizsgáztatók

Gyakorlatok, szemináriumok oktatói

• Dr. Szolcsányi Tibor