CLASS DISCUSSION

M Aug 30 Introduction to Course

W Sept 1 Reproduction and Medical Ethics read: Porter’s Pale Horse, Pale Rider

M Sept 6 On life…Roe v. Wade

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZS.html

W Sept 8 Butler’s Bloodchild

M Sept 13 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein /

W Sept 15 Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DesiBaby.shtml

M Sept 20 Issues in reproduction:IVF; PGD; surrogacy. Stdnt-led disc of case studies

W Sept 22 student disc, cont’d. Begin: Kavenna’s The Birth of Love

M Sept 27 Kavenna, cont’d.

W Sept 29 Genomics and Medical Ethics

M Oct 4 Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”

W Oct 6 Mid Semester Exam

M Oct 11 NO CLASS – Fall Break

W Oct 13 Student-led discussions of genome ethics

M Oct 18 Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

W Oct 20 Ishiguro, cont’d

M Oct 25 Clinical Trials and Medical Ethics

W Oct 27 Student-led discussions:

M Nov 1 Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper

W Nov 3 Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

 M Nov 8 NO CLASS

W Nov 10 Skloot and Picoult discussion cont’d.

M Nov 15 Student-led discussions of case studies

W Nov 17 Death, Dying and Medical Ethics

M Nov 22 Bontemps’ A Summer Tragedy

W Nov 24 Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Illyich

M Nov 29 On the right to die: Law review tba

W Dec 1 Student-led discussions of case studies: (Schiavo; Cowart)

M Dec 6 NYT magazine essay “Strained by Katrina”

W Dec 8 Final Class – Summary Discussion

TUES DEC 14 FINAL ESSAYS DUE**

NOON

 
Books to purchase:
Octavia Butler Bloodchild and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Illyich
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Joanna Kavenna The Birth of Love
Jodi Picoult My Sister’s Keeper
Katherine Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

See chart above for internet links to: Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein; Kate Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby; Arna
Bontemps’ A Summer Tragedy and Roe v.Wade