BIOETHICS AND THE LAW
- Course
- ILAW516 - BIOETHICS AND THE LAW
- Department
- International Law - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This course combines the study of ethics with law within the context of biological sciences. The course scrutinizes the ways in which laws may reflect socially held moral norms. The seminar explores the complex relationship between law and bioethics with an emphasis on both clinical and population-level (or macro) bioethics. Topics in population-level ethics include rationing and priority setting, personal responsibility for health, organ sales, and outsourcing clinical trials overseas. Topics in clinical ethics (and population-level ethics) include euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, medical futility, abortion, contraception and involuntary medical treatment. Students will be evaluated based on class participation and a final research paper.
BIOETHICS AND THE LAW
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Socio-cultural and moral origins of bioethics |
| Week 2 | Key issues in bioethics |
| Week 3 | Justice and law dimension of bio-ethics |
| Week 4 | Rights and fairness in the distribution of medical resources |
| Week 5 | Obligation to regulate biotechnology |
| Week 6 | Human rights in terms of the practice of biomedicine |
| Week 7 | convention for the protection of human dignity |
| Week 8 | convention for the protection of human dignity |
| Week 9 | Legal view of euthanasia |
| Week 10 | Experimental crime on humans |
| Week 11 | Experimental crime on humans |
| Week 12 | Legal regulations on assisted reproductive techniques and embryos in Turkish law |
| Week 13 | Legal regulations on assisted reproductive techniques and embryos in Turkish law |
| Week 14 | Presentation |
| Week 15 | Presentation |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Bioethics and the Law (Aspen Select) 4th Edition, Janet Dolgin, Lois L. Shepherd
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Will be able to distinguish (5) the relations between bioethics and legal system SOLO 5
- L02 Will be able to comprehend (5) the role of bioethics in the development of legal regulations. SOLO 5
- L03 Will be able to contribute (5) to the regulation of the legal framework of new biotechnologies SOLO 5
- L04 Will be able to approach (5) bioethics from the perspective of law and gender roles. SOLO 5
- L05 Will be able to comprehend (5) the history and legal development of bioethics debates. SOLO 5
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