Bioethics (facultative) T-KAP-SJ>bioetyf-10
Bioethics is divided into 3 parts: general, specialized and clinical. However, non-medical schools and universities are concerned only with the two first. The General Bioethics (I semester) if focused on the changes in medicine after the II WW, and on the need of the new science which copes with ethical issues linked to the development of the contemporary medicine and biotechnology, particularly within the pluralistic societies. It says about the history of medical care and the moral consciousness linked to its development, the definition of Bioethics, the so called bioethical models and the fundamental principles of the Catholic Bioethics.
Specialized Bioethics (II semester) is concerned with the particularly difficult problems within the medicine and biotechnology. These problems are discussed according to the schema of the development of the human life: from the moment of his/her conception through the mature human life until the human death. Thus we have here the following issues: genetics (genetic engineering, cloning, genetic therapy, genetic diagnosis, genetic enhancement), the transmission of the human life (contraception, IVF and other techniques of assisted conception, abortion), transplants (and xenotransplants, stem cells), euthanasia, the futile therapy, the palliative care.
(in Polish) Tryb zajęć
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The skill to notice the contemporary bioethical issues in their anthropological and ethical contexts. E.g. in what concerns abortion not only is it important that we cope with the killing of an innocent human being. We also need to see some concept of man the advocates of abortion refer to as well as some ethical reasoning, and how they differ from the Christian Ethics and Anthropology. Thus it is important to see what happens with the humanity if the man accepts abortion. This is also the fundamental reason to opposit this kind of moral choices.
Assessment criteria
To get the final vote it is required that the student frequents the lectures (during the pandemic time listens to and learns the recorded lectures) and reads the books and papers indicated by the professor. Any other form of the completion of the subject requires the professor's permission. However this kind of permission should be obtained as soon as possible (not during the time of exam or just before it).
The student's ability to connect some empirical facts with their metaphysical basis (the truth of man), which is the fundament of moral evaluation and of the moral imperative also confirmed by the Divine Revelation is the most important skill he/she gains as a participant of this lecture.
Practical placement
None.
Bibliography
E. Sgreccia, Manuale di bioetica, vol. I, Milano 1994.
B. Chyrowicz, Bioetyka. Anatomia sporu, Kraków 2015.
L. Melina, Kurs bioetyki, Kraków 2016.
E. Kowalski, Człowiek i bioetyka, Kraków 2015.
Encyklopedia bioetyki, A. Muszala (red.), Radom 2007.
T. Kraj, Różnica pomiędzy Naturalnym Planowaniem Rodziny a antykoncepcją. Aspekt moralny, w: Bioetyka pokolenia Karola Wojtyły - Jana Pawła II, A. Muszala, T. Kraj, P. Zielonka - Rduch (red.), Kraków 2013.
T. Kraj, Wokół dyskusji na temat zapłodnienia in vitro, Teologia i moralność 4 (2008), s. 107-118.
T. Kraj, Protesty wobec wyroku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego - komentarz teologiczny, https://diecezja.pl/aktualnosci/protesty-wobec-wyroku-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego-komentarz-teologiczny/.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: