PHI 380 - DEATH, DYING AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

A philosophical and interdisciplinary investigation of a cluster of prominent issues about the meaning of life and death, caring for dying persons, and the quality of life of the terminally ill. Among topics included are: death definitions and criteria; allowing to die vs. killing; euthanasia and suicide; life prolongation, ethics of care of the terminally ill; and rights of the dying.

Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in Humanities.