Welcome to The Ethics of Health Care HCR 304

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Welcome to The Ethics of Health Care(HCR 304)
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Todays Schedule

• Introductions / Settling in
• Syllabus
• Primer on Ethics as Discipline
• Kantian Ethics
• Utilitarian Ethics
• Other Ethical Systems

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Introductions / Settling in

• Who is this guy and why does he think he can tell
  me what to do?
• What the heck is the class supposed to be about
  anyway?
• Cant I just figure out this stuff on my own?

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Introductions / Settling in (part 2)

• Who are you?!?
• Name
• Background in medicine
• Background in philosophy
• Why are you taking this class?
• What interests you in medical ethics?

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Syllabus
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Power Point ProgData

• I generally post slides (if there are any) a day
  or so after class.
• In a few instances, I post preliminary slides a
  few days a head of time.
• Slides are NOT a substitute for class.
• ftp//progdata.flint.umich.edu/KRAFT/

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Question Time
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Primer on Ethics as Discipline

• Basic concepts
• Kantian Ethics (Wed)
• Utilitarian Ethics (Mon)

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Ethics Primer Basic Concepts

• Moral
• An exposition of the moral teaching or practical
  lesson (of a fiction or fable)
• Of or pertaining to character or disposition,
  considered as good or bad, virtuous or vicious
  of or pertaining to the distinction between right
  and wrong, or good and evil

• Ethics
• Adj. - Relating to morals
• Noun The science of morals A scheme of moral
  science the dept. of study concerned with the
  principles of human duty rules of conduct
  recognized in certain associations or depts. of
  human life.

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Ethics Primer Basic Concepts

• Deontology
• The rightness or wrongness of an act depends upon
  what kind of act it was not on the outcome or
  intent of the action.
• Almost always Rule Based Ethics.

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Ethics Primer Basic Concepts

• Conseqentialism
• Rightness of an action depends entirely upon the
  effects that the action has.
• Can be Act or Rule based.

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A brief distraction
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Thinking about the world

• What issues did you see?
• What are some potential solutions?

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Questions?
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For Next Time

• Get the book
• Read Veatch (book) and Kant (on-line)
• Make copies at library
• Start working on your Current Events Journal.

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Welcome to The Ethics of Health Care(HCR 304)