PHIL2203ID Health Care Ethics, OL82, FA2021
Learning about health care ethics through philosophy and science.
Dear Class,
For this class we will upload all written assignments to turnitin.com. You will need to create an account before you can upload assignments.
You can find our class ID and enrollment key in Blackboard. Make sure to get your account set up before our first homework assignment is due, this Thursday (9/16) at 3:59pm.
See you today in class!
Dr. M
Read the article, “Medical learning curves and the Kantian ideal” (Le Morvan and Stock, link in syllabus) and answer the following questions concisely:
2. Briefly explain two major arguments the authors use to support their thesis.
Your answer should be at least half a page but no more than one page (handwritten or typed and double spaced), or about 150-300 words. Submit the assignment on turnitin.com before class on 9/21 (i.e. before 3:59pm).
Dear Students,
Greetings from virtual space! I’m Dr. MacDougall, your professor for Health Care Ethics (PHIL 2203ID). I hate that we have to meet like this—do you? Perhaps we can all agree that it is different and interesting and convenient. I’d still much rather be in a real classroom with real faces.
There are three things that I want you to know before our first day of class.
1. This will be a (mostly) synchronous class. That means you will need to plan on being logged in to Zoom between 4-5:15pm on class days. To be successful in this class, it will be extremely important to log into the Zoom sessions during class time and to participate fully in class. Classes will not be recorded and I do not post notes or slides, in part because I want to encourage classroom participation. Please do not schedule work or other commitments during our scheduled class time. If you have a special circumstance, you will need to discuss it with me in advance. Our first class will take place Thursday, August 26, at 6pm. I will call roll during the class. The Zoom invitation can be found in Blackboard.
2. Most of our written interactions, class updates and materials, are available on our OpenLab site. Please join our OpenLab section as soon as possible. You will be required to join in order to participate in online discussions. You can also see the schedule and assignments there.
3. This class is an Open Educational Resource (OER) course. That means there is no textbook, and all readings are freely available online. This saves you money and means you can store all our readings on your hard drive, indefinitely! You can find links to class readings on the OpenLab Schedule page.
Let me know if you have any questions. I’m looking forward to meeting you.
Dr. MacDougall
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
