RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING

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A critical examination of philosophical and religious materials dealing with death and dying. Issues such as the nature of death, the fear of death, the possibility of an afterlife, the concept of immortality, ethical and legal problems raised in the dying process, the ethics of hospice care, and the morality of euthanasia will be considered. (HA and HA-H) PREREQ: SOPHOMORE STATUS OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR