Research Ethics and Policy

Catalog description

An examination of the relationship between the law, bioethical, and tech ethics issues, particularly in research and medical contexts. The course will explore the ways scientific and technological advances affect law and other social institutions, and, conversely, how law affects the development and use of scientific and technological knowledge. Topics include the history of human subject protections, current regulatory and statutory issues in research, and legal decisions governing informed consent, confidentiality, privacy, the philosophical principles underlying bio- and tech-ethics, and other issues. Open to students in the Applied Ethics & Policy program. Consent of instructor is required for undergraduates.