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WelcomeThis is the Undergraduate Bioethics Program at the University of Virginia.If you are a prospective student, you can find information about the centerpiece of this program, the Minor in Bioethics, under Academic Programs, or hear about the experiences of one of our alumni. If you are a current student, you can find a quick list of Bioethics courses on the Course Offerings page. News and Events
Sahar Akhtar The Bioethics Program and Philosophy Department welcome Sahar Akhtar as assistant professor beginning Fall 2008. Professor Akhtar comes to UVa off a postdoctoral program in political philosophy at Brown University. She completed a PhD in economics at George Mason and received her PhD in philosophy from Duke in Spring of 2008. Her research interests focus on areas intersecting both economics and political philosophy and include globalization, international ethics, liberal democracy, and challenges to rational-choice theory (especially the topics of altruism, community and identity). This Fall Prof. Akhtar will be teaching a 100-level course on “Genes, Nature and Justice” and a 400-level political philosophy seminar on “Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism.” In Spring 09 she will teach two 300-level bioethics electives, one on ethics and human genetics, the other on the ethics of global development. |
What is Bioethics?
Bioethics is both a field of intellectual inquiry and a professional practice that examines moral questions at the intersection of biology, medicine, law, public health, policy, and ethics - all broadly construed.More. . . Bioethics asks the hard questions:
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