Applied Ethics

The aim of the course is to enable the students to know and understand the differentiated forms in which the philosophical reflection on Ethics interlaces activities from the worlds of science, of technology, of work, of juridical and social relationships. To this end, it makes use of the analysis of specific cases and of the reading, commenting and criticizing of classical and contemporary writings of the discipline.

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student:
- knows the main cases in which Ethics can become an instrument of understanding and controlling controversial situations;
- understands the methodological reflections concerning the problems of the application of Ethics to the real world;
- knows the topics taken as peculiar object in the monographic course.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student:
- can apply the philosophical lexicon to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- can apply the knowledge acquired in the contextualization of concrete and ethical problems;
- can appropriately and clearly interpret ethical doctrines by relating them to specific cases in which they become an operative tool of regulation;
- can apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of specific cases.