Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Philosophy and Medical Ethics
Course Code
LUSDK_036
Branch of Science
Ethics; Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medical Services; Nursing Science
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Reinis Vilciņš
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575
About Study Course
Objective
Course objective is to introduce students to the basic princples of medical ethics and its underlying philosophical and ethical assumptions.
Preliminary Knowledge
Not required.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.-
Skills
1.-
Competences
1.-
Assessment
Individual work
Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
-
-
Examination
Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
-
-
Study Course Theme Plan
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Philosophy and argumentation
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
-
Self and free will
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
-
Ethics and moral reasoning
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
-
Consequentialist ethics and duty-based ethics
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
-
Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
-
Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
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