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Explores ethics, the moral relevance of health and the use of ethics in the assessment of health policy. Acquaints students with a number of theories of social justice. Also explores contemporary public health and health care policy issues (e.g. environmental toxin, pay for performance), using the lens of ethical analysis to supplement other approaches to policy analysis. Students develop their skills in ethical analysis and reasoning in order to critique and compare alternative strategies for to address public health and health care policy issues.