Topic: Social Ethical Perspectives
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10:00am-11:15am | TuTh | Math and Science Center N302 | Bersagel Braley, Matthew. | HSC. | 4 | 4106 | TBA. |
January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010
Catalog Description: Topics vary. This capstone seminar uses disease-specific case studies to demonstrate how global health problems are best understood from multiple perspectives. Course meetings are coordinated with ongoing programs in Rollins School of Public Health.
Semester Details: This junior/senior seminar is a core capstone course for the Global Health, Culture and Society Minor. This course will introduce students to various modes of moral discourse for interpreting the complex social and ethical challenges practitioners and policymakers face in understanding and responding to global health challenges. The emphasis in the course is on developing a method appropriate for "doing ethics" at the intersection of economics, politics, science, and culture. For example, how do the global economy, political leadership, and cultural practices impact access to "decent care" for persons living with HIV and AIDS? To get at this kind of question, students will each select a contemporary global health issue (e.g., HIV/AIDS) as a lens through which empirical evidence (e.g., "what is going on?") and moral claims (e.g., "what ought to be going on?") can be interpreted and evaluated. This course will be both reading- and writing-intensive.
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