Università Roma Tre

The course of Bioethics and health ethics aims to encourage reflection on the moral dimension of the progress of biomedical sciences and in general of the sciences applied to life.
With the study of Bioethics the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
1. In terms of knowledge and understanding:
Critical knowledge of the main concepts of bioethics, both in historical development and in the theoretical dimension and in the connections with other disciplines and fields of research (psychology, human sciences, educational sciences). For this reason, the course aims to: 1. To retrace the main moments and figures for the development of bioethical reflection; 2. To analyze the main bioethical issues related to birth, death, health, environmental protection.
2. In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- ability to use bibliographic tools and reference works for the understanding of bioethics texts.
- ability to apply methodologies of reading texts.
3. In terms of autonomy of judgment:
ability to formulate a reasoned judgment on questions of bioethics; to establish relations between bioethics and the sciences of education; to identify ethical principles that characterize autonomy and responsibility in professional and social life.
4. In terms of communication skills:
practice philosophical discussion as an exercise in respectful dialogue and critical argument.