Bioethics
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
MARIA VITA ROMEO
Expected Learning Outcomes
The module aims to examine in depth the main topics of
bioethics on a background of philosophical reflection, allowing students to
understand complex theoretical and practical frameworks created by
technological development.
Dublin’s descriptors
framework: 1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those
achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original
ideas, in a research context.
2) ability to apply knowledge and
understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues,
inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of
study;
3) ability to integrate knowledge and to
formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily
complete;
4) ability to communicate one's
knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist
interlocutors.
5) ability to carry out research autonomously.Course Structure
Lectures with analysis and discussion of some of the topics reported in
the syllabus; tutorials on a selection of topics. Guest
lectures by experts in the field of bioethics.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
The module comprises an institutional part and a monographic part. The
institutional part focuses on the definition of the epistemological statute of
bioethics and on the analysis of some of the main topics, such as: the concept
of person, assisted suicide and euthanasia. The monographic part focuses on a
reflection of bioethics as a critical conscience of t technological society and
as a definition of the relationship between science and human responsibility.
Textbook Information
A. Pessina, Bioetica. L’uomo sperimentale, Milano, Pearson, 2020, 171 p.
A.
Pessina, Eutanasia. Della morte e di altre cose, Siena, Cantagali, 2007, 116 p.
A. Pessina, L’essere altrove. L’esperienza umana nell’epoca
dell’intelligenza artificiale, Milano, Mimesis, 2023, 126 p.
J. Devaux, Il medico di se stesso, testo francese a fronte, a cura di
M. V. Romeo, Milano, Mimesis, 2022, 165 p.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
