This course offers an advanced introduction to disability bioethics. Students will become familiar with some of the central debates in contemporary disability bioethics. Topics may include: competing models of disability; whether, all things equal, having a disability make one's life worse; if it is permissible to try and "treat" or "cure" disabilities. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
This course offers an advanced introduction to disability bioethics. Students will become familiar with some of the central debates in contemporary disability bioethics. Topics may include: competing models of disability; whether, all things equal, having a disability make one's life worse; if it is permissible to try and "treat" or "cure" disabilities. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
