Selected bioethical issues WSR-NRN-2-WZB
The lecture is a continuation of the classes (bachelor's degree) conducted under the title: basics of bioethics. This time, selected issues in the field of ethical (especially Catholic) assessment of biotechnological interference in the life of a human person (direct or indirect) are raised, in particular when it is in the so-called in decline, that is, when he is sick, suffering and on his way to death. It goes, among others o answer to the question whether what is technologically possible is also ethically allowed when such issues as: the concept of death and dying, euthanasia, clinical death, coma, aging of man and society, but also: food safety . responsibility for human health, etc.
The knowledge gained in this field should be used in work for the social good, secured primarily within such a community as the family, and more specifically in the process of social, democratic justification of the protection of its dignity and rights, understood in the spirit of the Catholic tradition. This is to help in gaining adequate social competences. It goes, among others o awareness of the need to have and constantly deepen the ethical (normative) justifications as to the biotechnological and civil-legal interference in human life carried out in medicine or in other fields of social life.
CONTENT:
1. The subject of death and dying and the trivialization of death (bioethical perspective).
2. Stages (ethically good and bad) of dying and the reassumption of life.
3. Bioethics of clinical death and return to life: NDE symptoms.
4. Brain death and the criteria for its determination (death harwardzka -
(some bioethical doubts).
5. Ethical and ontological evil death by euthanasia: active and passive.
6. Hospice and their meaning (need) for the dying person and society.
7. The evil of eugenics as a new culture of dying (or killing).
8. Defense of life in a coma (as an ethical human task),
resuscitation and the principles of resignation from persistent therapy.
Reassumption of topics. Test.
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(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
Term 2022/23_L: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) | Term 2020/21_L: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy | Term 2023/24_L: (in Polish) E-Learning |
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
Term 2022/23_L: (in Polish) 12 godzin wykładowych - 1/2 punktu
15 godzin - przygotowanie i publikacja eseju - 1/2 punkt.
25 godzin przygotowanie się do kolokwium - 1 punkt
| Term 2020/21_L: ects | Term 2023/24_L: (in Polish) 1/2 p. 14 godz. zajęcia
1/2 p. 14 godz. publikacja eseju
1/2 p. 14 godz. lektury
1/2 p. 14 godz. przygotowanie się do kolokwium ustnego końcowego |
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Term 2022/23_L: obligatory | Term 2024/25_L: obligatory | Term 2023/24_L: obligatory | Term 2020/21_L: optional with unlimited choices |
Preliminary Requirements
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
NRM_W09: The graduate has in-depth knowledge of the principles and ethical standards in marriage, family and social life.
NRM_W03: Has basic knowledge of philosophy, Catholic theology, Catholic social science and canon law; on the basis of the above-mentioned ranges, he understands the interaction between reason and faith.
Skills:
NRM_05: Graduate - can use detailed rules and ethical standards in order to search for solutions to specific marital and family problems.
NRM_U10: Has the ability to understand the importance of the influence of cultural factors on marriage and family life; understanding the sacred and theological dimensions of marriage and family.
Competences:
NRM_K02: The graduate is deeply convinced that it is necessary to act ethically and professionally; sees and formulates moral problems and ethical dilemmas related to his own and others' work, looks for optimal solutions, acts in accordance with the principles of ethics; is aware of the ethical dimension in scientific research.
ECTS: 2.
15 hours: active participation in classes (online) - 1/2. p.
15 hours: preparation and publication of an essay on MOODLE. - 1/2 p.
25 hours: preparation for the test (online) - 1st p.
Assessment criteria
Methods of verification of learning outcomes:
Formal methods:
1. Dialogue and didactic discussion.
2. Feedback.
3. Reading essays.
4. Colloquium (at the end of the semester).
Substantive criterion for grading the assessment:
Grade 2: The student did not participate in the classes (online), did not pass the test, demonstrating having adequate knowledge (required by learning outcomes), did not demonstrate skills and competences (based on the essay published on MOODLE.
Grade 3: The student has passed the attendance, demonstrated the necessary knowledge (specified in the learning outcomes) at the test, presents skills and competences (he has published a personalized essay on MOODLE.
Grade 4: As above, but it is about a much higher level of knowledge, competence and skills.
Grade 5: As above, and the student's level is very good. Moreover, the student is able to defend (adequately justify) his position in the discussion.
Final grade percentage criteria:
Up to 30% - active presence at the lecture (online).
Up to 30% - publication of the essay on MOODLE (factual and formal correctness).
Up to 40% - demonstrating an adequate level of substantive knowledge (online) at the test.
Minimum to complete the course - 65%, etc.
85-100 - very good, 79-84 - good, 65-78 - satisfactory (plus).
Bibliography
1. T. Ślipko. Bioethics. The most important problems, Kraków 2021.
2. Life in a coma, edited by J. Mirończuk - A. Kwiatkowska, Toruń 2013.
3 .. Bioetyka, ed. W. Chańska - J. Różyńska, Warsaw 2013.
4. S. Biały, Selected issues in bioethics, "Episteme" 55 (2006).
5. G. Górny, Crime and Medicine, Kraków 2020.
6. To live with dignity in a changing world, edited by Z. Sareło, Ząbki 2004.
7. E. Kowalski. Man and Bioethics, Krakow 2015.
8. E. Kowalski, Person and bioethics, Krakow 2009.
9. W. Bołoz, Bioethics and human rights, Warsaw 2007.
10. C. Guerreschi, New addictions, Kraków 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY:
11. M. Grzymkowska, Bioethical standards in European law, Warsaw 2009.
12. I. Mroczkowski, The nature of the human person. Fundamentals of human identity, Płock 2012.
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