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Course code: BBS20247o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Bioetics
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Witold Janeczek
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes:
Competences:
Prerequisites: zoology, botany.
Course content: Ethics thesis. Birth of bioethics. The sources of ethical regulations according to animals. The euthanasia of animals. Ethical problems according to cellular and tissue culture in vitro – inclouding parent cells – transplantology, genetic engineering, transgenetic animals, human genom researches, geotechnology, in vitro inflammation, sperm banks, storing up the embryos. Ethics in animal sciences. Ethics in species protection, natural and environmental protection and intellectual property.
Recommended literature: 1. Dower N. (ed.) 1990. Ethics and Environmental Responsibility. Avebury, Aldershot, Brookfield USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney 2. Jardins J.D. 1997. Environmental Ethics. An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy. Wadsworth Pub. Co. 3. Kordylewski L.1996. Problemy bioetyki. Wyd. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Skrypty Uczelniane, nr 747. 4. Piątek Z.1998. Etyka środowiskowa. Nowe spojrzenie na miejsce człowieka w przyrodzie. Wyd.Instytutu Filozofii Uniw. Jagiellońskiego, Kraków. 5. Skolimowski H. 1994. Filozofia Żyjąca. Eko-filozofia jako drzewo Życia. Pusty Obłok, Warszawa 6. Singer P. 2007. Etyka Praktyczna. Książka i Wiedza. 7. Szewczyk K. 2009. Bioetyka (t. 1,2). PWN Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Completion of 2 written essay about one of the talk over topics during the lectures.
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