22910043 - ETICA DELLA RELAZIONE E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

The objective of the course is to encourage the reflection on the interpersonal relationship, declined in the mode of love, care and gift, or on the contrary, of domination and violence. It also intends to show the importance of a clear and truthful communication, both in interpersonal relationships and with regard to the community.
The educational objectives of the course (according to the Dublin descriptors) are the following:
1. Knowledge and understanding: the critical understanding of the main concepts of ethics of relationship, both in their historical development and in the theoretical dimension and in connections with other disciplines and research fields (psychology, literature, education sciences). For this reason the course aims to: 1. Retrace the salient moments of the development of ethical reflection; 2. Analyze the main concepts of ethics of relationship: love, gift, forgiveness, care.
2. Ability to apply knowledge: 1) ability to use bibliographic tools and reference works for understanding texts; 2) ability to apply text reading methods.
3. Autonomy of judgment: ability to formulate a reasoned judgment on issues related to interpersonal relationships; establish relationship between ethics and educational sciences; identify the ethical principles that characterize the responsibility of communication in professional and social life.
4. Acquisition of communication skills: to practice philosophical discussion as an exercise of respectful dialogue and critical argumentation.

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Programme

a) You and me: human person as a relational being
b) Relational virtues: gratefulness, friendship, pietas, sincerity
c) Codes of human life: motherhood, fatherhood, sonship, brotherhood
d) Philosophical aspects of “conversationalism”
e) The importance of trust in interpersonal relationships

Core Documentation

F. BREZZI-M. T. RUSSO, Oltre la società degli individui. Teoria ed etica del dono, Bollati Boringhieri 2017
A. MILAN, Educare all'Incontro. La pedagogia di Martin Buber (disponibile su formonline, in quanto esaurito)
M. SCHOEPFLIN, L’amore secondo i filosofi, Città Nuova (disponibile su formonline, in quanto esaurito)
J. PIEPER, Sull’amore, Morcelliana, Brescia 2012

Type of delivery of the course

-Frontal lessons - Individual and group exercises - Case analysis -Videos, documentaries and movies In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the procedures for student evaluation will be implemented.

Type of evaluation

The examination consists of one or two written tests: a mid-course qualifying test and a final written test with aproximately 10 questions (open-ended and closed-ended questions and definitions). The examination grade will be awarded in thirtieths, based on the marks obtained in the two tests. The evaluation of the student’s group works will be considered seriously and will be added a 10% to the final score. In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the procedures for student evaluation will be implemented. In particular, the methods of evaluation will be applied through pre-arranged online systems.