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PHIL 6230 - Ethics, Biotechnology, and the New Genomics


This course uses a range of normative theories (e.g., deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics) to assess the morality of developments in biotechnology and the new genomics. It also probes the ethical, legal, political, and social implications of genetically modifying food and animals, genetically enhancing human beings, extending the human life span, assisting human reproduction, creating chimeras, and fusing humans with machines.

Credit Hours: (3)
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