20710529 - FILOSOFIA DEL DIRITTO

The course of Philosophy of Law is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge on the relationship between law and morals, through the analysis of some of the most relevant fields of legal philosophy: philosophy of criminal law, theory of values, theory of rights, bioethics and biolaw. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge both in a theoretical and in a practical perspective. Students are expected to acquire the following skills:
- Advanced skill to distinguish the acquired notions and to apply them to the examination of problems;
- Advanced critical thinking on some of the fields of philosophy of law (both theoretical and practical);
- Advanced language and argumentation skills in relation to the course topics.
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Programme

The syllabus concerns the relationship between law and morals. After an introductory part, aimed at presenting the essential terms of this classical topic, a detailed insight is proposed, through the analysis of some of the most relevant fields of legal philosophy:
I. Philosophy of criminal law (crime's theory)
II. Theory of values (equality, liberty)
III. Theory of rights (legal rights structure, classification, justification and interpretation of rights)
IV. Bioethics (introduction to bioethics, relationship between individual dignity and autonomy, surrogacy)

Core Documentation

Introductory part:
- H.L.A. Hart, Il positivismo e la separazione fra diritto e morale, in Il positivismo giuridico contemporaneo. Una antologia, (eds.) A. Schiavello, V. Velluzzi, Giappichelli, Torino, 2005, pp. 48-89;
- G. Pino, Diritto e morale, in Che cosa è il diritto. Ontologie e concezioni del giuridico, (eds.) G. Bongiovanni, G. Pino, C. Roversi, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016, pp. 3-30.
Part I:
- L. Ferrajoli, Quando proibire?, in Id., Il paradigma garantista. Filosofia e critica del diritto penale, 2a ed., Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, 2016, parte seconda, cap. II, pp. 91-108; P. Tincani, In difesa del principio del danno, in N. Riva (ed.), L'antipaternalismo liberale e la sfida della vulnerabilità, Carocci, Roma, 2020, pp. 13-32.
Part II:
- L. Ferrajoli, L’eguaglianza e i suoi nemici, in Teoria e pratica dell’eguaglianza. Prospettive di analisi critica, (ed.) F. Mastromartino, L’Asino d’oro Edizioni, Roma, 2018, pp. 197-223.
Part III:
- G. Pino, Il costituzionalismo dei diritti. Struttura e limiti del costituzionalismo contemporaneo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017, capp. III (La grammatica dei diritti), pp. 77-105.
Part IV:
- P. Donatelli, Bioetica, animali e ambienti, chap. VII of Id., La filosofia e la vita etica, Einaudi, 2020, only pp. 189-209;
- L. Ferrajoli, Dignità e libertà, in Dignità e autonomia tra bioetica e mercato, (eds.) F. Mastromartino, G. Pino, in “Rivista di filosofia del diritto”, 1, 2019, pp. 23-32;
- M. Sandel, Quello che i soldi non possono comprare. I limiti morali del mercato, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2012, Introduzione (Mercati e morale) and cap. 3 (Come i mercati allontanano la morale), respectively pp. 11-22 and pp. 95-130.

Type of delivery of the course

Classes provide: - Frontal teaching; - Open discussions on the course topics; - Guest lectures.

Type of evaluation

Oral test. In the oral test students need to prove proficiency on the subjects treated in the texts recommended, ability to distinguish the notions learnt and to apply them to the assessment of problems, as well as terminological precision in the exposition of the contents of the course schedule.