Bioethics and the Life Sciences

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Explores ethical issues within, and arising from, science and technology. Covers basic ethics in science, and the moral and social implications of science for human life, particularly its earliest stages.

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CONTACT0800 80 80 98 or text 866bioethics@otago.ac.nzwww.bioethics.otago.ac.nzTheBioethicsCentre@bioethicscentre

“sciencecanonlyascertainwhatis, butnotwhatshouldbe” AlbertEinstein

BITC201Bioethics and the Life Sciences18 points1st semesterPrerequisites: 126 points at 100-level

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