BIOETHICS(ADVANCED)
Stampa
Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-FIL/03 (MORAL PHILOSOPHY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
PHILOSOPHY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (25/02/2019 - 05/06/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
MAGNI SERGIO FILIPPO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Students need to have passed the exam of Bioethics
Learning outcomes
To deepen the main problems of bioethics and applied ethics
Course contents
Title: Ethics and reproduction: the reflection of Glover and Savulescu

Program: The course deals with the bioethical reflection focused on the issue of human reproduction and on the moral principles which should guide it. Relevant essays by Jonathan Glover and Julian Savulescu will be read and discussed together during the course.
Teaching methods
Frontal Lectures and seminar work
Reccomended or required readings
Indicative bibliography:

J. Glover, Choosing Children. Genes, Disability and Design, Oxford Un, Pr., 2007.
J. Savulescu, Procreative Beneficience: Why We Should Select the Best Children, “Bioethics”, 5-6, 2001.
J. Savulescu-G. Kahane, The Moral Obligation to Create Children with the Best Chance of the Best Life, “Bioethics”, 5, 2009.
J. Savulescu, The Nature of Moral Obligation to Select the Best Children, in A. Akabayashi a cura di, The Future of Bioethics. International Dialogues, Oxford Un. Pr., 2014.
Assessment methods
Oral Exam
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030