STS 360 - Issues in Bioethics

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

Topic for 2016/17b: Bodies into Other Bodies. This course studies the medical, social, and cultural dimensions surrounding tissue transfer. Advances in reproductive and transplant medicine have radically transformed how we view life and death and self and other. Topics may include: blood and organ donation, definition of death, regenerative medicine, donor-assisted reproduction, and xenotrasplantation. Through a close reading of a variety of texts, including policy and theory, we will shed light on how bodies are transformed, dissected, commodified, and redefined. In the process, we will understand the ethical frameworks surrounding the transformation of our bodies. Class discussion will be built around texts from multiple genres, including bioethics, literature, and philosophy. Eric Trump.