Questions

Week 1, Both questions should be a total of 500 words combined

1. From  Chapter 4: Respect for Autonomy (Beauchamp & Childress): For this question, I want you to reflect upon the Tuskegee Experiment discussed in Snead Chapter 1 and evaluate it through the lens of B&C's seven elements of  informed consent (listed on p. 91-92). Which of these elements were either missing altogether or else undermined in the Tuskegee Experiment? 

2. From  Chapter 4: Autonomy and Authority (Curlin & Tollefsen): For this question, please answer the following: (a) Briefly describe the  first and  second  misunderstanding about autonomy (pp. 84-87); and (b) At the end of the section entitled "Authority" (pp. 90-96), Curlin and Tollefsen conclude that, according to "the Way of Medicine, a doctor's professional commitments and expertise give her the authority to decide what she is willing to do within the framework set by her own vocation as a healer. The patient's authority is limited to requesting and them consenting to or rejecting the options made available by the doctor; it does not extend to positive entitlements justified by autonomous choices." (p. 96) What does this quote mean, and do you agree with it?

Week 2, Both questions should be a total of 500 words combined

3. From Chapter 3: In Cases of Abortion (O. Carter Snead) and Chapter 7: Abortion and Unborn Human Life (Curlin & Tollefsen): First, compare and contrast how an anthropology of expressive individualism and an anthropology of embodiment understand the topic of abortion. Second, compare and contrast how the provider of services model (pp. 133 C&T) and the Way of Medicine (p. 134-135 C&T) approach requests for abortion.

4. After watching the video provided below, please offer some personal reflections (i.e., a few short paragraphs) on which argument(s) or point(s) stood out to you the most or that you found most intriguing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jym9yOY3HIg

Week 3, Both questions should be a total of 500 words combined

5. From Chapter 3: The Problem of Moral Status (Beauchamp & Childress): For this question, please answer the following: (a) BRIEFLY summarize the five theories of moral status outlined from pp. 54-62; (b) Express your thoughts about the paragraph on p. 62 that begins with "From ancient Hellenic times to the present..."; and (c) Adequately summarize the main points of the "Degrees of Moral Status" section from pp. 63-64.

6. From Chapter 6: New Objections to the Humanity of the Early Embryo and Chapter 7: Further Objections (Curlin & Tollefsen): Was there an argument (or set of arguments) from these chapters that challenged your beliefs on this topic? Explain. If not, then please offer some personal reflections (i.e., a few short paragraphs) on which argument(s) or point(s) stood out to you the most or that you found most intriguing.

Week 4, Both questions should be a total of 500 words combined

7. From Chapter 4:  Assisted Reproduction (O. Carter Snead): Was there an argument (or set of arguments) from this chapter that challenged your beliefs on this topic? Explain. If not, then please offer some personal reflections (i.e., a few short paragraphs) on which argument(s) or point(s) stood out to you the most or that you found most intriguing.

8. From Chapter 6: Sexuality & Reproduction (Curlin & Tollefsen): For this question, please compare and contrast how the PSM and The Way of Medicine would approach the situation in the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2RIvJ1U7RELinks to an external site.