BIOETHICS (ADVANCED COURSE)

The course is part of the political ethical area and focuses mainly on the critical analysis of some texts of contemporary moral philosophical literature, aiming to reconstruct the genesis of some of the main debates on which practical philosophy is today challenged by the world of professions, of culture and politics.

Upon completion of this course the students will be able to:

1)Identify, compare and critically analyze different ethical approaches;

2)Identify and describe moral conflicts;

3)Justify, by means of critical reason, possible solutions to moral conflicts.

There are no prerequisites.

The course will address some moral dilemmas, highlighting how the different solutions to such dilemmas often depend on the different implicit theoretical assumptions. In particular two perspectives will be compared: that of the ethics of duty and respect for the rule and that of the ethics of responsibility and of the moral consideration of the consequences of action. The texts of the debate between Immanuel Kant and Benjamin Constant on the subject of the duty to always tell the truth and those of Max Weber on the ethics of belief and responsibility will be examined, among others.
The truth-telling rule will also be tested for cultural differences. What does it mean to "tell the truth" in different cultural contexts? To whom should the truth be told according to different cultures? Are there cultures that assume the rule of truth according to a more or less rigid meaning?

F. Turoldo, Dire la verità, Cittadella, Assisi 2018; F. Turoldo, A Short History of Bioethics, Linea, Padua 2016; I. Kant, B. Constant, Il diritto di mentire, Passigli, Firenze 2008; M. Weber, La politica come professione, Armando, Roma 1997.

The final exam is written and includes four open-ended questions, to be completed in 45 minutes. For each answer a score from 0 to 5 will be assigned, for a maximum total of 20 points. Another 10 points will be awarded based on the quality and quantity of the interventions made in the forum.

Lectures, srtudents' presentations, debates with students, forums.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development