MORAL PHILOSOPHY
First Part :
- On the terms of ethics (good, evil, happiness, virtue, vice, life, death)
- On the concept of Person (the difference between something and someone, the concept of acknowledgment)
- On the relationship between technique and ethics
Second Part
- Origin principles and methods of bioethics
- Bioethics, moral theories and education
- Professional ethics and aims of medicine
- Main bioethical issues: beginning of life, end of life, restraint, advance directives of treatment
Aristotle, Etica Nicomachea, chapters I and II.
R. Spaemann, Persone, pp. 18-40.
H. Jonas, Tecnica, medicina ed etica, chapters I-II-III.
National Committee on Bioethics, Scopi, limiti e rischi della medicina, 2001
R. Mordacci, Una introduzione alle teorie morali, Feltrinelli, Milan, 2003 (selected pages)
Teacher materials
The course includes the use of lectures and dialogues in mixed mode (in the classroom and through Microsoft Teams platform) carried out with the help of tools prepared by the teacher (Power Point and audiovisual materials appropriately selected) to stimulate discussion and involvement
by students on the topics covered.
Dr. Federico Nicoli receives after the lessons or in other times, always with previous agreement by e-mail (federico.nicoli@uninsubria.it)