To analyze and elaborate the main problems of the current bioethical debate, in order to achieving autonomy of judgment.
To integrate the critical reflection on the meanings of the human body in current culture, in order to managing the complexity produced by biomedical science and by the cult of appearance.
To outline an ethic and a pedagogy of the body, as a search for a meaning of health and suffering, to formulate operative proposals.
To integrate the critical reflection on the meanings of the human body in current culture, in order to managing the complexity produced by biomedical science and by the cult of appearance.
To outline an ethic and a pedagogy of the body, as a search for a meaning of health and suffering, to formulate operative proposals.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
1. 1 Biomedical techniques, ethics and responsibility
1. 2 The anthropological question as the foundation of bioethics
2. Bioethics of the body and health
2.1 Personal character of the corporeity
2.2 Culture of appearance and body models
2. 3 The objectification of the body as a risk of the technique applied to medicine
3. To be born and die in the age of technology
3.1 The new faces of dying: euthanasia and biological testament
3.2 New forms of motherhood: implications and problems
• M. T. RUSSO, Etica del corpo tra medicina ed estetica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2008
• M. T. RUSSO, Corpo, salute, cura. Linee di antropologia biomedica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2004
• Glossary with the main definitions to know and some articles online
Programme
Why bioethics1. 1 Biomedical techniques, ethics and responsibility
1. 2 The anthropological question as the foundation of bioethics
2. Bioethics of the body and health
2.1 Personal character of the corporeity
2.2 Culture of appearance and body models
2. 3 The objectification of the body as a risk of the technique applied to medicine
3. To be born and die in the age of technology
3.1 The new faces of dying: euthanasia and biological testament
3.2 New forms of motherhood: implications and problems
Core Documentation
A. PESSINA, Bioetica. L’uomo sperimentale, Mondadori, Milano 2000 (tranne capitolo 2)• M. T. RUSSO, Etica del corpo tra medicina ed estetica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2008
• M. T. RUSSO, Corpo, salute, cura. Linee di antropologia biomedica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2004
• Glossary with the main definitions to know and some articles online
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
The exam consists of two written tests: one in the middle of the course and one at the end, consisting of 10 questions (open questions, closed questions and definitions). The final grade will be awarded out of thirty, according to the marks obtained in the tests. The evaluation of the student’s group works will be considered seriously and will be added a 10% to the final score. teacher profile teaching materials
1. 1 Biomedical techniques, ethics and responsibility
1. 2 The anthropological question as the foundation of bioethics
2. Bioethics of the body and health
2.1 Personal character of the corporeity
2.2 Culture of appearance and body models
2. 3 The objectification of the body as a risk of the technique applied to medicine
3. To be born and die in the age of technology
3.1 The new faces of dying: euthanasia and biological testament
3.2 New forms of motherhood: implications and problems
• M. T. RUSSO, Etica del corpo tra medicina ed estetica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2008
• M. T. RUSSO, Corpo, salute, cura. Linee di antropologia biomedica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2004
• Glossary with the main definitions to know and some articles online
Programme
Why bioethics1. 1 Biomedical techniques, ethics and responsibility
1. 2 The anthropological question as the foundation of bioethics
2. Bioethics of the body and health
2.1 Personal character of the corporeity
2.2 Culture of appearance and body models
2. 3 The objectification of the body as a risk of the technique applied to medicine
3. To be born and die in the age of technology
3.1 The new faces of dying: euthanasia and biological testament
3.2 New forms of motherhood: implications and problems
Core Documentation
A. PESSINA, Bioetica. L’uomo sperimentale, Mondadori, Milano 2000 (tranne capitolo 2)• M. T. RUSSO, Etica del corpo tra medicina ed estetica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2008
• M. T. RUSSO, Corpo, salute, cura. Linee di antropologia biomedica, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2004
• Glossary with the main definitions to know and some articles online
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalType of evaluation
The exam consists of two written tests: one in the middle of the course and one at the end, consisting of 10 questions (open questions, closed questions and definitions). The final grade will be awarded out of thirty, according to the marks obtained in the tests. The evaluation of the student’s group works will be considered seriously and will be added a 10% to the final score.