The course is divided into two parts:
A. The first part of the course will offer an orientation in the contemporary discussions in neuroethics, with a particular reference to the free will and the moral responsibility issues. The question of how to communicate these discussions to the general public will be analyzed.
B. The secund part will deal with some of the fundamental questions of moral philosophy by referring to movies that present those questions in a particularly stimulating and int ersting way.
A. The first part of the course will offer an orientation in the contemporary discussions in neuroethics, with a particular reference to the free will and the moral responsibility issues. The question of how to communicate these discussions to the general public will be analyzed.
B. The secund part will deal with some of the fundamental questions of moral philosophy by referring to movies that present those questions in a particularly stimulating and int ersting way.
teacher profile teaching materials
A part of the course will concern ethics and communication of economics and finance, with the participation of dr. Riccardo De Bonis, Head of the Finance Education of the Bank of Italy. A paper will exonerate the students from the first part of the volume "Le sfide dell'etica".
The goal of the course is that the students understand these fundamental issues of moral philosophy. At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the essential features of these discussions.
1. Boden, L'intelligenza artificiale, Il Mulino
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (only the second part)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza
FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT PASS THE PRE-EXAM
1. Boden, L'intelligenza artificiale, Il Mulino
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (interamente)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza
Mutuazione: 20710113 ETICA E COMUNICAZIONE - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 DE CARO MARIO
Programme
The course aims at giving the students the basic concepts of ethics and the fundamental notions regarding roboethics and the relation between ethics and communication (with a specific interest in film communication).A part of the course will concern ethics and communication of economics and finance, with the participation of dr. Riccardo De Bonis, Head of the Finance Education of the Bank of Italy. A paper will exonerate the students from the first part of the volume "Le sfide dell'etica".
The goal of the course is that the students understand these fundamental issues of moral philosophy. At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the essential features of these discussions.
Core Documentation
FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WRITE THE PAPER (ON WHICH SEE THE SECTION "PROGRAMMA DELL'INSEGNAMENTO" AND WILL PASS THE PRE-EXAM)1. Boden, L'intelligenza artificiale, Il Mulino
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (only the second part)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza
FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT PASS THE PRE-EXAM
1. Boden, L'intelligenza artificiale, Il Mulino
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (interamente)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza
Type of delivery of the course
If the emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemics continues, we'll follow our university's recommendation regarding teaching and evaluation. In particular, teaching will be online with the means suggested by the university and the oral written exams will be done by using Microsoft TeamsType of evaluation
THE STUDENTS WHO WILL ATTEND THE COURSE WILL HAVE TO WRITE A BRIEF PAPER AND THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN A PRE-EXAM (BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO STUDY A REDUCED PROGRAM)