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Philosophy and Medical Ethics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:23
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_036 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Philosophy; Ethics | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Reinis Vilciņš | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Course objective is to introduce students to the basic princples of medical ethics and its underlying philosophical and ethical assumptions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Philosophy and argumentation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Philosophy of science | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Self and free will | Lectures | 0.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Ethics and moral reasoning | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Consequentialist ethics and duty-based ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Philosophy and argumentation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Self and free will | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Ethics and moral reasoning | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Consequentialist ethics and duty-based ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
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| Assessment Criteria: | |||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dekarts, R. Meditācijas par pirmo filozofiju. Tulk. A. Rītups. Rīga: Liepnieks & Rītups, 2008. 40.-81. lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hume, D. A Treatise on Human Nature. Bk. III, pt. 1, sec. 1. | ||||||||
| 3 | Irbe, A. Par kādu šķirkli Nacionālajā enciklopēdijā | ||||||||
| 4 | Kants, I. Tikumu metafizikas pamatojums. Tulk. R. Kūlis. Rīga: Zinātne, 2020. | ||||||||
| 5 | Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā - Konvencija par cilvēktiesībam un biomedicīnu (Ovjedo, 04.04.1997.) | ||||||||
| 6 | Mill, J. S. Utilitarianism. 1861 | ||||||||
| 7 | Neiders, I. Ārsta asistēta nāve [šķirklis] | ||||||||
| 8 | UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 | ||||||||
| 9 | UNESCO. Casebook on Benefit and Harm, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 2, Paris: UNESCO, 2011. | ||||||||
| 10 | UNESCO. Casebook on Human Dignty and Human Rights, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 1, Paris: UNESCO, 2011. | ||||||||
| 11 | Viljamss, Dž. R. Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Latvijas ārstu biedrība, 2009. | ||||||||
| 12 | Vorbertons, N. Filozofijas pamati. Rīga: Raka, 2001 [1999]. 88.-99. lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Biomedicīnas ētika: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RSU, 2006. | ||||||||
| 2 | MacKinnon, B., Fiala, A. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Cengage Learning, 2014. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy /ed. by J. Fieser, B. Dowden | ||||||||
| 2 | The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [database] /ed. by E. N. Zalta | ||||||||
