790108 Bioethics


Type
Seminar
Semester hours
1
Lecturer (assistant)
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2023
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

1) ethics and morality
2) Medical ethics
3) Ethics Committees: Functions / Fields of Activity; Human applications, tissue engineering; conflicts of interest, informed consent, submission of applications, ethics committees in Austria
4) Animal Ethics: Animals and Humans / Animal Experiments
5) Ethics in dealing with plants
6) Vaccines or weapons? Dual use research
7) Science Ethics

Previous knowledge expected



Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

- Knowledge of the subject bioethics
- Knowledge of the basic ethical concepts and their history
- Knowledge of forms, possibilities and limits of moral reasoning
- Ability to articulate one's own and moral beliefs by means of rational arguments


Students raise their awareness of bioethical questions and they can name different ethical perspectives in biomedical research and practice.
The students should be encouraged to think, discuss and form their own opinion.
Participants can identify different ethical issues and critically evaluate solutions.
The students know how and when to address ethics committees to carry out experimental ideas in accordance with legal regulations.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.