Capstone Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy
Prerequisite: Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed at least five philosophy courses.
This course will study selected issues in contemporary philosophy. Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed five philosophy courses.
Outcomes: Students will develop a more advanced understanding of contemporary philosophy, through direct student participation in an interactive seminar environment.
Prerequisite: Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed at least five philosophy courses.
This course will study selected issues in contemporary philosophy. Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed five philosophy courses.
Outcomes: Students will develop a more advanced understanding of contemporary philosophy, through direct student participation in an interactive seminar environment.
Prerequisite: Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed at least five philosophy courses.
This upper division philosophy seminar considers major debates in bioethics in light of recent scholarship, drawing on a variety of perspectives concerning medicine and medical practices. In analyzing philosophical, moral, and political debates that shape current discourse, this course invites students to approach complex moral issues through the lens of decolonizing medicine. Using current research that explores this issue, we will critically examine medicine with these questions in mind: What are arguments in favor of current medical practice in the US? What are its ethical and socio-political shortcomings? What does it mean to decolonize medicine? What are the benefits of alternative forms of medicine, such as those based on indigenous knowledges? Does the decolonization of medicine provide an appealing alternative to modern medicine?
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