Bioethics Course

The Bioethics course is an elective course that will provide knowledge and implications of the results of developments in the latest technological advances that are used or consumed by humans, the processes of biological applications in everyday life. The results and process of biological applications will be studied from the perspective of science and ethics and religion. The scope of this course includes environmental ethics and biotechnology ethics. Environmental ethics discusses: learning bioethics as a guardian of the development of modern biology and saving the environment; the concept of Environmental Ethics, Principles of Environmental Ethics (there are 9) and preparation of environmental care questionnaires; anthropocentrism and the environmental crisis; environmental ethics and its application in education; environmentally friendly lifestyle; environmental ethics based on local wisdom. Meanwhile, biotechnology ethics includes the results of technological advances related to everyday life and discussed in this lecture include Genetic Modified Food, Genetic Modified Organisms, Animal Handling and Treatment, Cloning and gene transfer in mammals, Surrogate mother, Abortion, Banking Egg/Sperm and Embryo Freezing, Analysis, Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI), and several other results of the latest technological advances.