Advanced Topics in Biomedical Ethics

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This course will focus narrowly upon an issue (or a set of related issues) in biomedical research which generates significant moral concern. Topics will vary, but may include embryo-destructive research; cloning and donor siblings; genetic testing and eugenics; genetic enhancement; and the production of human/non-human chimeras. Typically the course will also consider the nature and purpose of biomedical research and medicine.