Course description
Ethics in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Exploring Bioethics through Manga
Is it okay to take pills to help you ace exams? Should you be able to choose the sex of your child? Is abortion murder? These controversial questions will be explored through Manga in this bioethics course. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.
This course will help you understand key ethical issues surrounding crucial problems that profoundly impact your life from birth to death.
This course will help you understand key ethical issues surrounding crucial problems that profoundly impact your life from birth to death.
Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
Prerequisites
None
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you’ll learn:
- Basic terms for bioethics
- Basics of ethical arguments
- How decisions are made on critical bioethics issues
- Regulations and public policies related to bioethical issues in Japan and other countries
Training Course Content
Ethics of Assisted Reproductive Technology
- What is Assisted Reproductive Technology?
- Sex Selection
- Pros & Cons of Sex Selection
- Ethical Issues Associated with Assisted Reproductive Technology
The Ethics of Truth-Telling
- Cancer and Its Disclosure in Japan
- Pros & Cons of Cancer Disclosure
- Paternalism & Self-Determination
- Informed Consent & Patient-Centered Medicine
Is Abortion Murder?
- Current Situation of Abortion in Japan
- Ethical Discussions in Japan
- Ethical Discussions in Europe & America
- Social Problems Related to Abortion
What’s wrong with Enhancement?
- Use of Medical Technologies for Enhancement
- The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – The Anti-Use Position
- The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – Where Are Enhancement Technologies Heading?
Is Euthanasia Wrong?
- Euthanasia and Death with Dignity
- Japanese Cases of Euthanasia
- For and Against Euthanasia
- Palliative Medicine
- Living Wills
Living-Donor Organ Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation
- The History of Organ Transplantation
- Living-Donor Organ Transplantation and Ethical Problems
- Organ Trafficking
- Living-Donor Organ Transplants: Exception or the Rule?
Cloning Technology
- Media Reports on the Birth of Dolly the Cloned Sheep and “the Birth of a Human Clone”
- Two Purposes of Cloning and Ethical Controversy
- Regulation of Human Cloning
- Discussion with the Instructor – Part 1
ES Cells and iPS Cells
- Production of ES Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Barriers to ES Cell Production
- The Production of iPS Cells
- Problems of iPS Cells
Lifespan and Eternal Life
- Human Lifespan in the Past, Present, and Future
- Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on the Individual
- Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on Society
- Discussion with the Instructor – Part 2
Brain Death and Organ Transplants
- The Organ Transplant Law and its Revision in Japan
- The Process of Organ Donation
- Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 1
- Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 2
Course delivery details
This course is offered through Kyoto University, a partner institute of EdX.
2-3 hours per week
Expenses
- Verified Track -$49
- Audit Track - Free
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