AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will provide an in-depth general issues of bioethics in which the research actors and health must daily confront with particular regard to the implications that progress can entail for humans. The researcher together with the whole community is called into question the assumption of responsibility for their work.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the cognitive, methodological and behavioral tools to identify and critically face with the bioethical issues of scientific research.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons. The module includes seminar sessions, complemented with small group activities in the classroom, film views and text readings.

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, should contact the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liaise and arrange the specific teaching methods so that the learning aims and outcomes may be met.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• The relationships between Science and Ethics; Introduction to Bioethics. 
• The principles: non-maleficiality, beneficence, autonomy and justice.
• Autonomy - choice - protection of fragility
• Medical biotechnologies: ethical, bioethical and bio-law issues
• The subjects of rights: the embryo? 
• Ethics and Genetics
• Animal ethics and environmental ethics
• Human experimentation and animal experimentation
• The new frontiers of research

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ALESSANDRO BONSIGNORE (President)

FRANCESCO D'AGOSTINI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Test with multiple choice questions.