PHIL2001 Bioethics (University of Western Australia): rated 3.7/5 overall across 16 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
PHIL2001 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the School of Humanities in Society and Culture. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 生命伦理学
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Society and Culture
Faculty: School of Humanities
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit focuses on a set of related questions concerning the biomedical and health sciences, such as—What is health? How should we understand well-being or quality of life?
PHIL2001 has 16 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 · usefulness 3.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 13 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.5 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.4/5).
On Reddit: "PHIL2001 100000% xx it’s a brilliant unit and u won’t regret learning from it, the philosophy units are the best taught units at UWA xx"
On Reddit: "PHIL2001 is pretty good if you like a broad range of discussions around bodily autonomy, abortion, disability etc., the tutorials can be very fun! However it is very writing-heavy (as most philosophy units are)."
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Q: Is PHIL2001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 16 reviews: usefulness 3.5/5, overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PHIL2001, and when is it offered?
A: PHIL2001 is taught by the School of Humanities. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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