Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

This course encompasses three main sections:
I) INTRODUCTION - a) Definitions. What is Ethics about? What do we mean by Bioethics?
b) Problems and developments in contemporary ethical debates
c) Main trends in Bioethics

II) PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY -
a)The problem of techonology in contemporary philosophy
b) Main philosophical and ethical issyes in biotechnology
c) Hans Jonas on technology, medicine, and ethics

III) THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOETHICS
a) Autonomy, beneficence -nonmaleficence, and justice: the quest for human dignity in biotechnology
b) Informed consent
c) Privacy