Programme

The course will investigate some of the fundamental questions of neuroethics and bioethics, by considering the contemporary debates (at the intersection of moral philosophy, philosophy of law and philosophy of mind) that they have generated.

Core Documentation

TEXTS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE COURSE, WRITE THE TWO MOVIE REVIEWS, AND PASS THE TEST AT THE PRE-EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE (During the course, the instructor will say which parts of the following texts won't be part of the program for this group of the students):

1. Ceri, Etica della comunicazione, Il Mulino
2. Lavazza e Sartori (a cura di), Neuroetica, Il Mulino


TEXTS FOR ALL OTHER STUDENTS (to be studied entirely):

1. Ceri, Etica della comunicazione, Il Mulino
2. Lavazza e Sartori (a cura di), Neuroetica, Il Mulino
3. Terrell Bynum, "Computer and Communication Ethics", https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/
4. Roskies, Neuroethics, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neuroethics/

Type of evaluation

Written test, oral test and in itinire evaluation