Eric Lee's research has focused on the effects of coercion and undue inducement on consent, particularly on informed consent in medical ethics. He has argued that coercion can be compatible with valid consent, and thus, that voluntariness is not necessary for valid consent. This does not suggest that coercion is permissible. Rather, a condition other than voluntariness is needed to explain why coercion invalidates consent in some but not all cases. He has also argued that the current approach to preventing undue inducement in medical research is seriously misguided.
PHIL 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Discusses fundamental questions concerning human existence and the nature of reality. Questions may include: Does God exist? Am I the same person I was when I was born? Will I survive the death of my body? Do I have free will? How do I know whether the world around me really exists? What is knowledge? What is truth? What is morality, and how do I know what�s right to do?
PHIL 1160 - Introduction to Medical Ethics
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Introduces students to moral dilemmas in medical practice, biomedical research, and health policy, placing them in the context of comprehensive ethical theories and core principles of bioethics. Topics may include: euthanasia; abortion; organ procurement; moral status; research on nonhuman animals; navigating cultural differences between patients and health professionals; and the fair distribution of healthcare resources; as well as the bioethical issues arising from technological advances in medicine, including genetic engineering, cloning, and assistive reproductive technologies.
PHIL 1200 - Contemporary Social Problems
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020
Examines competing positions in debates over a wide variety of controversial moral, social and political issues. Topics may include: abortion, world poverty, animal rights, immigration, physician-assisted suicide, freedom of religion, hate speech, cloning, income inequality, pornography, gun rights, racial profiling, capital punishment, overpopulation, prostitution, drug legalization, torture. Formerly titled 'Philosophy and Society.'
PHIL 1400 - Philosophy and the Sciences
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Considers philosophical topics and concepts related to the natural sciences, such as the following: science and pseudo-science; scientific method; the nature of explanation, theory, confirmation, and falsification; the effect of science on basic concepts like mind, freedom, time, and causality; ethics of experimentation; and the relation of science to society.
PHIL 3160 - Bioethics
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022
Analysis of ethical problems involved in such issues as abortion, euthanasia, organ transplants, eugenics, treatment of the patient as a person and the institutional nature of the health care delivery system. Recommended prerequisite: 6 hours of philosophy coursework.
