2021/2022
Биоэтика: право, медицина и этика репродуктивных технологий и генетики
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
4
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In this course students shall study legal and ethical questions surrounding reproductive technology, medicine, and human genetics. Bioethics provides an overview of the legal, medical, and ethical questions around reproduction and human genetics and how to apply legal reasoning to these questions. This law course includes interviews with individuals who have used surrogacy and sperm donation, with medical professionals who are experts in current reproductive technologies like In Vitro Fertilization and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, and bioethicists and journalists who study the ownership and use of genetic information within human tissue. The content within this course is intended to be instructive, and show how legal reasoning has been applied, or could be applied, to questions related to parenthood, reproduction, and other issues surrounding human genetic material. MOOC: Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics (https://www.edx.org/course/bioethics-the-law-medicine-and-ethics-of-reproduct)
Learning Objectives
- The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main approaches in the field of legal and ethical regulations of reproductive technologies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Acquainted with ethical and legal issues raised by human enhancement;
- Acquainted with the law and ethics of sperm donation and the legal status of sperm donors;
- Knows the landmark wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits;
- Knows the law and ethics of mixing human and animal genetic material;
- Understands how the reproductive technology industry works, and issues raised related to buying and selling human reproductive materials;
- Understands the main approaches to the ownership of human tissue and its underlying genetic information.
- Versed in the law and ethics of surrogacy;
Course Contents
- 1. Buying and Selling Reproductive Materials
- 2. Surrogacy
- 3. Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth
- 4. Sperm and Egg Donation
- 5. Sperm Donor Anonymity
- 6. Enhancement
- 7. Human-Animal Hybrids and Patent of Human Genetic Material
Assessment Elements
- Final TestFinal Test - Smart LMS (online) - 10 questions from programme.
- MOOC Final Grade
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Campbell, A. V. (2017). Bioethics: The Basics (Vol. Second edition). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1544125
- Singer, P., Schüklenk, U., & Kuhse, H. (2016). Bioethics : An Anthology (Vol. Third edition). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1083380
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Baylis, F., & Dreger, A. D. (2018). Bioethics in Action. Cambridge [UK]: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1737937