BTLW100046 Bioethics
- Type
- course with continuous assessment
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin , Seifert, Georg , Schwarz, Christiane , Marzban, Gorji , Kasper, Cornelia
- Organisation
- Biotechnology and Food Science
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2026
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Synthetic biology - Eva-Kathrin EHMOSER
Biomedicine - Cornelia KASPER
Genome editing – Gorji MARZBAN
Animal ethics in food production and nutrition – Christiane SCHWARZ
Ethics in cell biology - Georg SEIFERT
- Previous knowledge expected
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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- 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.