AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities (lectures and interactive lessons) together with individual study will enable the student to :
- know the fundamental issues relating to the relationship between ethics - applied ethics - professional ethics
- know, on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach, the main moral problems and dilemmas concerning inequalities, social justice and equal opportunities
- acquire the ability to analyse contexts in accordance with the methodologies and methods of applied ethics 
- acquire the ability to analyse and reflect on the ethical implications of social inequalities, equal opportunities and poverty
- know how to apply the knowledge and skills acquired to the analysis and resolution of moral dilemmas, with particular reference to the professional ethical dimension of the socio-educational educator

PREREQUISITES

The following basic knowledge is necessary to deal effectively with the teaching content
- fundamental vocabulary of ethics
- the main types of ethics: teleological ethics; deontological ethics; eudemonistic ethics; rationalist ethics; autonomous ethics; heteronomous ethics; emotivist ethics; utilitarian ethics; formal ethics; substantive ethics

TEACHING METHODS

1. Lectures at the beginning of the course, aimed at providing the concentric tools, vocabulary and key expressions of the discipline's sectorial language
2. Interactive lectures based on students' questions and requests for further information. Peer-to-peer lessons are also envisaged within this modality
3. Case studies
The lectures will be supported with the use of slides and documents that will be published on the Aulaweb  

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching is divided into three parts:
- introduction to ethics
- analysis of ethical-social issues concerning the relationship between equality, inequality, social justice and that between justice, merit and equity
 - analysis of poverty from the modern age to the present day and its social-ethical implications  

The teaching contributes to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda:

Goal10.Reduce inequality within and among countries

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

B. Giovanola (a cura di), Etica, giustizia sociale, diseguaglianze, Carocci Editore, Roma 2016

A. Cavaliere, L'invenzione della povertà. Dall’economia della salvezza ai diritti sociali, La Scuola di Pitagora, Napoli 2020

For non-attending students

L. Morri, Etica e società nel mondo contemporaneo, Franco Angeli, Milano 2004 (cap. I)