PHIL209A

Philosophical Issues; Bioethics: Regulating Right and Wrong

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Bioethicists help to formulate ethical guidelines for medical professionals and the public. This course involves students in the project of constructing and defending ethical rules regarding four domains in medicine: human and animal research, allocation of scarce resources, prenatal genetic interventions, and physician-assisted dying.

Sister Courses: PHIL209B, PHIL209C, PHIL209D, PHIL209E, PHIL209F, PHIL209G, PHIL209I, PHIL209J, PHIL209M, PHIL209N, PHIL209T, PHIL209U

Past Semesters

Kelsey Gipe

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Average rating: 5.00

Samuel Kerstein

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Javiera Perez-Gomez

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.20 between 352 students*

PHIL209A Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 24.72%
A: 12.78%
A+: 5.4%
B-: 10.51%
B: 14.77%
B+: 21.59%
C-: 0.85%
C: 1.7%
C+: 1.99%
F: 1.14%
W: 3.69%
other: 0.85%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.