Faculty First Year Seminars 197BIO2 - Bioethics

Recent advances in molecular biology, neuroscience and developmental biology, to name just three areas of biology, call for reconsideration of current social views and legal practices. When does life begin? When does it end? When is ethical to manipulate our genetic material? Which of us is responsible for his actions, and how should those who show aberrant behaviors (or even beliefs) be treated? Students will read introductory articles considering these issues, discuss and consider relevant data, and prepare a presentation and term paper on a subject of interest to them that is relevant to topics covered in the course.

Freshmen Only