Università Roma Tre

The objective of the course is to encourage the reflection on the interpersonal relationship, declined in the mode of love, care and gift, or on the contrary, of domination and violence. It also intends to show the importance of a clear and truthful communication, both in interpersonal relationships and with regard to the community.
The educational objectives of the course (according to the Dublin descriptors) are the following:
1. Knowledge and understanding: the critical understanding of the main concepts of ethics of relationship, both in their historical development and in the theoretical dimension and in connections with other disciplines and research fields (psychology, literature, education sciences). For this reason the course aims to: 1. Retrace the salient moments of the development of ethical reflection; 2. Analyze the main concepts of ethics of relationship: love, gift, forgiveness, care.
2. Ability to apply knowledge: 1) ability to use bibliographic tools and reference works for understanding texts; 2) ability to apply text reading methods.
3. Autonomy of judgment: ability to formulate a reasoned judgment on issues related to interpersonal relationships; establish relationship between ethics and educational sciences; identify the ethical principles that characterize the responsibility of communication in professional and social life.
4. Acquisition of communication skills: to practice philosophical discussion as an exercise of respectful dialogue and critical argumentation.