Law and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies - Period 3

Business & Economics Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: mid Aug 2025 - early Jun 2026

Business & Economics

Law and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies - Period 3

Law and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies - Period 3 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Law
Instruction in: English
Course Code: R_LERT
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: No special knowledge of law, philosophy or bioethics is required to be able to participate in this course. A basic knowledge of human rights and a keen interest in the contemporary dilemmas surrounding reproductive technologies are a plus.

DESCRIPTION

Technologies at the intersection of reproductive medicine and genetics offer news ways of creating human life. These technologies make it possible to assemble, genetically screen, choose and, possibly, even design one?s future children. How can societies decide who may access these technologies to create which kinds of children? Which rights, whose rights and which public values should be taken into account within the regulation of this complex field? And what are the legal and ethical limits to these currently emerging forms of 'liberal eugenics'?

The general focus in this course will be on the role and meaning of human rights and human dignity for the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.


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