printer friendly pageOSPMADRD 57: Health Care: A Contrastive Analysis between Spain and the U.S.
History of health care and evolution of the concept of universal health care based on need not wealth. Contrast with system in U.S. Is there a right to health care and if so, what does it encompass? The Spanish health care system; its major successes and shortcomings. Issues and challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective combining scientific facts with moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Perez Blanco, A. (PI)
OSPMADRD 72: Issues in Bioethics Across Cultures
Ethical dilemmas concerning the autonomy and dignity of human beings and other living creatures; principles of justice that rule different realms of private and public life. Interdisciplinary approach to assessing these challenges, combining scientific facts, health care issues, and moral philosophy. Sources include landmark bioethics papers. Prerequisite: completion of SPANLANG 11, 21B or placement, or instructor approval.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors:
Perez Blanco, A. (PI)
PHIL 2: Introduction to Moral Philosophy (ETHICSOC 20)
What should I do with my life? What kind of person should I be? How should we treat others? What makes actions right or wrong? What is good and what is bad? What should we value? How should we organize society? Is there any reason to be moral? Is morality relative or subjective? How, if at all, can such questions be answered? Intensive introduction to theories and techniques in contemporary moral philosophy.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER, GER:EC-EthicReas, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Maguire, B. (PI)
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Amaral, J. (TA)
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Attwood, A. (TA)
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Maguire, B. (PI)
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Amaral, J. (TA)
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Attwood, A. (TA)
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Dowling, G. (TA)
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Hope, P. (TA)
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Seter, J. (TA)
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Simon, A. (TA)
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Sparkes, B. (TA)
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Spencer, L. (TA)
PHIL 21N: Ethics of Sports (ETHICSOC 21N)
This seminar will be focused on the ethical challenges that are encountered in sport. We will focus on the moral and political issues that affect the world of sport and which athletes, coaches, sports commentators and fans are faced with. For instance, we will ask questions such as: what is a fair game (the ethics of effort, merit, success)? Is it ethical to train people to use violence (the ethics of martial arts)? Are divisions by gender categories justified and what should we think of gender testing? Is the use of animals in sport ever justified? Which forms of performance enhancements are acceptable in sport (the ethics of drug use and enhancements through technologies)? Should we ban sports that damage the players¿ health? Does society owe social support to people who hurt themselves while practicing extreme sports? nnThe class will be structured around small group discussions and exercises as well as brief lectures to introduce key moral and political concepts (such as fairness, equality, freedom, justice, exploitation, etc.). I will also bring guests speakers who are involved in a sport activity at Stanford or who have worked on sports as part of their academic careers. By the end of the seminar, students will have a good understanding of the various ethical challenges that surround the world of sport. They will be able to critically discuss sport activities, norms, modes of assessments and policies (on campus and beyond). They will also be prepared to apply the critical ethical thinking that they will have deployed onto other topics than sports. They will have been introduced to the normative approach to social issues, which consists in asking how things should be rather than describing how things are. They will be prepared to take more advanced classes in ethics, political theory, as well as moral and political philosophy.
Last offered: Spring 2017
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
PHIL 72: Contemporary Moral Problems (ETHICSOC 185M, POLISCI 134P)
Conflict is a natural part of human life. As human beings we represent a rich diversity of conflicting personalities, preferences, experiences, needs, and moral viewpoints. How are we to resolve or otherwise address these conflicts in a way fair to all parties? In this course, we will consider the question as it arises across various domains of human life, beginning with the classroom. What are we to do when a set of ideas expressed in the classroom offends, threatens, or silences certain of its members? What is it for a classroom to be safe? What is it for a classroom to be just? We will then move from the classroom to the family, considering a difficult set of questions about how we are to square the autonomy rights of children, elderly parents, and the mentally ill with our desire as family members to keep them safe. Finally, we will turn to the conflicts of citizenship in a liberal democratic society in which the burdens and benefits of citizenship have not always been fairly distributed. We will consider, among others, the question of whether or not civil disobedience is ever morally permissible, of whether there is a right to healthcare, and of whether or not some citizens are owed reparations for past injustices.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Gillespie, L. (PI)
PHIL 74A: Ethics in a Human Life (ETHICSOC 74, HUMBIO 74)
Ethical questions pervade a human life from before a person is conceived until after she dies, and at every point in between. This course raises a series of ethical questions, following along the path of a person's life - questions that arise before, during, and after she lives it. We will explore distinctive questions that a life presents at each of several familiar stages: prior to birth, childhood, adulthood, death, and even beyond. We will consider how some philosophers have tried to answer these questions, and we will think about how answering them might help us form a better understanding of the ethical shape of a human life as a whole.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ER
PHIL 75C: Computers, Ethics, and Public Policy (COMM 181, CS 181, ETHICSOC 181X, POLISCI 181, PUBLPOL 181)
Ethical and social issues related to the development and use of computer technology. Ethical theory, and social, political, and legal considerations. Scenarios in problem areas: privacy, reliability and risks of complex systems, and responsibility of professionals for applications and consequences of their work. Prerequisite: 106A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Reich, R. (PI)
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Sahami, M. (PI)
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Weinstein, J. (PI)
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Reich, R. (PI)
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Sahami, M. (PI)
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Weinstein, J. (PI)
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Arthurs, N. (TA)
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Carroll, H. (TA)
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Diehl Martinez, R. (TA)
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Goldstein, E. (TA)
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Greenberg, J. (TA)
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Harned, Z. (TA)
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Huang, J. (TA)
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Kang, S. (TA)
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Lynberg, A. (TA)
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Pierson, E. (TA)
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Slate, D. (TA)
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Sreenivas, A. (TA)
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Stowell, C. (TA)
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Yu, G. (TA)
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Yuh, C. (TA)
PHIL 76: Introduction to Global Justice (ETHICSOC 136R, INTNLREL 136R, POLISCI 136R, POLISCI 336)
This course provides an overview of core ethical problems in international politics, with special emphasis on the question of what demands justice imposes on institutions and agents acting in a global context. It is divided into three sections. The first investigates the content of global justice, and comprises of readings from contemporary political theorists and philosophers who write within the liberal contractualist, utilitarian, cosmopolitan, and nationalist traditions. The second part looks at the obligations which global justice generates in relation to a series of real-world issues of international concern: global poverty, human rights, poverty and development, climate change and natural resources, international migration, and the well-being of women. The final section asks whether a democratic international order is necessary for global justice to be realized.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Niker, F. (PI)
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Hope, P. (TA)
PHIL 90R: Introduction to Feminist Philosophy (ETHICSOC 173, FEMGEN 173R)
If feminism is a political practice aimed at ending patriarchy, what is the point of feminist philosophy? This course provides an introduction to feminist philosophy by exploring how important theoretical questions around sex and gender bear on practical ethical and political debates. The first part of the course will examine some of the broader theoretical questions in feminist philosophy, including: the metaphysics of gender, the demands of intersectionality, and feminist critiques of capitalism and liberalism. Questions will include: How should we understand the category `woman¿? How does gender intersect with other axes of oppression? Is capitalism inherently patriarchal? The second part of the course will address more applied topics of ethical and political debate, such as: objectification, pornography, consent, markets in women¿s sexual and reproductive labor, and the institution of marriage.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors:
Carnegy-Arbuthnott, H. (PI)
PHIL 127: Kant's Ethics (PHIL 227)
A study of Kant¿s ethical thought, focusing on The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, The Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. Prerequisite: Phil. 2, Phil. 170, or equivalent (consult the instructor). Designed for undergraduate department majors and graduate students.
Last offered: Winter 2014
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
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