Bioethics - 2nd semester
Objectives
a) To know the genesis and evolution of Bioethics and its main schools of thought.
b) To recognize the essentially interdisciplinary dimension of Bioethics.
c) To know the ethical foundations of Bioethics, as well as their basic principles and their application methods.
d) To discuss bioethical issues related to the various stages of human life (from its beginning to its end).
General characterization
Code
711031066
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Filipe Nobre Faria
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None.
Bibliography
- Documentos Internacionais de Bioética: Código de Nuremberga, Belmont Repport, Declaração Universal sobre Bioética e Direitos Humanos.
- BEAUCHAMP, T., CHILDRESS, J., Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979. 7ª ed. revista: 2013. Trad. portuguesa da 4ª edição: Princípios de Ética Biomédica. Edições Loyola, S. Paulo, 2002
- CNECV, Pareceres elaborados pelo Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida. Disponíveis em www.cnecv.gov.pt
- FERRER, J. J., ÁLVAREZ, J. C., Para fundamentar la Bioética. Teorías y paradigmas teóricos en la bioética contemporânea. Universidad Pontificia de Comillas y Editorial Desclée de Brouwer, Madrid, 2003
- SGRECCIA, E., Manuale de Bioetica. Vita e Pensiero. Pubblicazioni dellUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, 4ª Ed. Trad. Portuguesa: Manual de Bioética Fundamentos e ética biomédica. Principia, Cascais, 2009.
Teaching method
The course will have a double explanatory and hands-on approach. There will be theoretical classes, designed to introduce and frame Bioethics, and other classes more focused on the discussion and analysis of specific bioethical problems. International documents in the field of Bioethics, literature representative of the main schools of thought in Bioethics, and documents from the so called public Bioethics (news pieces, debates, national legislation, etc.) will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to prepare the discussion of the documents and the problems prior to their treatment in class.
Evaluation method
Two written tests, one at the middle (30%) and the other at the end of the semester (55%). Oral participation in class (15%).
Subject matter
Bioethics - History, methodologies, problems
1. Bioethics as an independent discipline
a) Prehistory
b) Research on human beings in the twentieth century
c) First codes and declarations
d) The emergence of bioethics as a new discipline
2. Models to elucidate and solve bioethical problems
a) North-american bioethics
b) European bioethics
c) Commissioned bioethics
3. Specific bioethical problems
a) early life
b) end of life
c) resource management
d) research - risk / benefit ratio