Undergraduate Catalog

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.

Credits

3