PAST 531: Catholic Bioethics

A graduate course focusing on Catholic moral reasoning and the Church’s communal discernment concerning clinical ethics for health care.  It examines the foundational principles of Catholic moral reasoning, similarities to and differences with secular ethics, and applications for the provision of ethical health care.  It will demand the reading and appropriation of key texts by moral theologians and the Magisterium, review practical case studies, and assist students to research and argue moral points of view.