Universität Wien

020038 SE Public Health Ethics between Autonomy and Paternalism (2013W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 2 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Thursday 10.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 2 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Thursday 05.12. 16:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Friday 06.12. 09:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Friday 06.12. 14:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Saturday 07.12. 09:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar gives in introduction into the field of public health ethics situated between personal autonomy and state paternalism. The seminar aims to define the basic concepts (public health, ethics, medical ethics, health, illness/disease) as well as to explore the concrete areas of application and the related ethical and social political fields of conflict.
The seminar will cover the following specific areas:
- Historical Perspectives on societies, and their implications for public health
- Specific action fields of public health today (e.g. tabacco control, adipositas epidemic, allergies)
- Role of the state in the field of health rights and duties, potentials and limits of state influence on population health
- Tension between individual liberties and the health of everyone, i.e. the common good in an ethical perspective

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance, active participation, term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the seminar is to provide basic knowledge about the central questions of public health ethics in its individual ethical and social political dimensions. By means of concrete case studies, the tension between autonomy and paternalism will be explored and ethically reflected solutions suggested.

Examination topics

presentations, discussion, group work

Reading list

Association in the course directory

[FTW]MedEth
für alle Studierenden geeignet, anrechenbar als freies Wahlfach (Medizinethik, Medizinrecht)

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