PHIL 450Z Deciding for Others in Healthcare

This course investigates the ethics of making healthcare decisions for incompetent patients, including minors, the elderly, the mentally ill, and the severely brain-damaged. We will examine the concept of competence and how we morally ought to make decisions for others when they lack decision-making competence. We will also explore differences between various disorders of consciousness resulting from brain damage and how we morally ought to treat individuals in these different cases.