Skip to main content
Facilities Mobile homeCourses home
Detail

Bio/Ethics: Ancient and Modern

HUM 315/CLA 315/GHP 325/CHV 325

1242
Info tab content
Bioethics was named in 1970. Its etymology, however, is from the ancient Greek. We will put ancient and modern conceptions of human flourishing in conversation by exploring how naturalizing medicine has historically shaped the nature of birth, death, and mind. What is at stake in invoking the Greeks when constructing the ethics of modern medicine? How can reading ancient Greek texts in context help us think critically and imaginatively about ethical challenges in medicine today? We will examine how the formation of a medical tradition around the physical body creates persistent practical and philosophical questions in the clinic and beyond.
Sections tab content

Section S01