Applied ethics class to probe issues of personhood

Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The Department of History and Philosophy will be offering an upper level course on applied ethics next semester. According to Joungbin Lim, an assistant professor of philosophy and the instructor for the course, the course will focus on personhood and issues in biomedical ethics. The course will begin by examining metaphysical issues related to personhood and then move to ethical issues relating to the same, added Lim. The course will also examine the concept of personhood in a variety of different traditions such as Christianity, Buddhism…

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