BIOETHICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic year
2015/2016
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-FIL/03 (MORAL PHILOSOPHY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
PHILOSOPHY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
1st semester (21/09/2015 - 23/12/2015)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
ITALIAN
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
MAGNI SERGIO FILIPPO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
The students must have passed the examination of moral philosophy
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the most important theoretical issues of bioethics, through the study of selected texts and bibliography.
Course contents
Course Title:
Bioethics and moral pluralism

In addition to introducing the main issues of bioethics, the course addresses the issue of moral pluralism in the field of ethics and bioethics, focusing on how bioethical evaluations can be rationally argued.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
For students attending the course:

H. T. Engelhardt Jr. Manuale di bioetica, Milano, il Saggiatore, 1999, capp. 1, 2, 3, 9.
S. F. Magni, Bioetica, Roma, Carocci, 2011.

S. F. Magni, Che cos’è il relativismo morale, Roma, Carocci 2015.



Other students have to add:
L. Fonnesu, Storia dell’etica contemporanea. Da Kant alla filosofia analitica, Roma, Carocci, 2006, capp. 10 e 11.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Oral examination
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030