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"The professional connections, amazing education, and absolute joy I had visiting our nation’s capitol was phenomenal. I highly recommend this course for the memories you will make and the doors opened for you."
- Max G., Winter 2024 student
5 days travel at
$1,550 plus tuition
PHIL 328
3 Credit Hours
Instructed by
Dr. Harrison Lee
Apply by
October 4, 2024
Travel Overview
Go beyond textbooks and lecture halls. Study USA’s travel courses combine academic learning with hands-on, real world experiences. Every class maximizes its unique location with immersive activities.
You’ll earn academic credit, apply what you’re learning directly to your surroundings, and engage in lively class experiences—all guided by Ole Miss faculty.
What You'll Learn
- Recognize the primary principles in ethical decision-making in health care.
- Gain an understanding of consequentialist ethics (utilitarianism) and deontology (duty-based ethics).
- Develop an understanding of current topics in health care ethics, including beginning-of-life and end-of-life medical decisions, allocation of health care resources, patient/doctor relationship, and other critical issues.
What You'll Do
- Visit Capitol Hill and meet with legislators, staffers, and policymakers who are shaping key health care issues.
- Visit influential lobbying groups and stakeholders like BIO, the National Women’s Law Center, and the Bipartisan Policy Center to gain an insider perspective.
- Experience a deeper understanding of disability culture with a visit to the Department of Philosophy at Gallaudet University, a research university dedicated to the education of the deaf and hard of hearing community.
All activities are tentative and subject to change depending on scheduling, booking availability, and course adjustments.
Meet Your Instructor
All Study USA courses are designed and led by Ole Miss faculty. Your instructor(s) will be your first point of contact during your travels and lead you through all the class experiences.
Dr. Harrison Lee
Visiting Assistant Professor
Philosophy and Religion, Liberal Arts
jhlee3@olemiss.edu
Dr. Harrison Lee earned his BA from UNC-Chapel Hill (2013), an MA from University College London (2014), an MA from Georgia State University (2017), and his Ph.D. from Baylor University (2024), in each case majoring in philosophy. His primary research interests are in normative and applied ethics. His dissertation, Second Thoughts about Double Effect, raises objections to a major non-consequentialist doctrine known as the Doctrine of Double Effect and engages with the Trolley Problem of The Good Place fame. He is currently researching ethical controversies related to organ donation.
“I aspire to a career in the medical field, and an ethics class would give me knowledge and reasoning to make medical decisions in the future. This class allowed me to gain knowledge on medical topics that I previously knew nothing about that I will use in my future medical research. It also allowed me to meet and form connections with speakers and institutions for future shadowing or internships.”
- Lindsey C., Winter 2024 student
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