The course aims to offer an overview of the most current issues of social ethics, with particular regard to those dealing with problems of professional ethics.
To this end, we will proceed initially with the analysis of the complex ethical-social relationships that are the basis of the profession of the Social Assistant, to try to understand them in the light of philosophical reflection, with reference to specific currents of moral thought. In this context there will be a clarification of the meaning and importance of the Code of Professional Ethics for Social Workers.
The course will then focus on some fundamental concepts of moral philosophy: Love, Human Dignity, Death.