Freedom, Justice and Bioethics

A.Y. 2020/2021
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
IUS/20
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course is organized in three teaching units.
The first teaching unit aims at introducing students to the philosophical analysis of the concepts of freedom, law and justice and of the relations between these concepts and the objects they refer to. It will be considered in particular how the law contributes to determine people's freedom, by reducing or increasing it.
The second teaching unit aims at introducing students to the main philosophical conceptions of justice - utilitarianism, anarchism, libertarianism, natural law theory, communitarianism, liberalism and radicalism - and to examine their implications as regards legislation and public policies.
The third teaching unit, finally, aims at introducing students to public bioethics, by examining, in the light of the main philosophical conceptions of justice, issues concerning health policies and the different forms of public intervention in the regulation of reproductive choices, of the use of one's own body, and of end of life choices.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should have acquired:
- knowledge and understanding of the concepts of freedom, law and justice and of the relations between these concepts;
- knowledge and understanding of the different ways the law contributes to determine people's freedom;
- knowledge and understanding of the main philosophical conceptions of justice and of their implications for legislation and public policies;
- knowledge and understanding of the implications of the main philosophical conceptions of justice for the solution of some bioethical issues;
- the capability to apply acquired knowledge to elaborate and defend in a public debate a personal normative position on specific problems of justice and of public bioethics.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
IUS/20 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor: Riva Nicola
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Professor(s)
Reception:
The professor meets with students weekly, on campus or online. To make an appointment, please contact the professor by email.
On-campus meetings will be held in the professor's office on the second floor of the building overlooking via Passione (room 206). Online meetings will be held through Microsoft Teams.