Learning objectives

1) proposing an analysis and inserting the current global challenges with interdisciplinary reference into a valid interpretative context; 2) encouraging personal reflection to develop an autonomous judgment on the genesis, nature, and meaning of the issues addressed.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no specific prerequisites.

Program

The Workshop “Rethinking Responsibility in the face of 21st century Challenges” explores the challenges contemporaneity poses to the concept of responsibility. These are global challenges of particular relevance, as highlighted by the ecological crisis and the question of artificial intelligence. Through the analysis of issues related to bioethics, environmental ethics, and law, the need for a revision of the concept of responsibility will be highlighted so that it can be adequately applied to the complex dilemmas of our time.
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 – Aula Menegazzi, Palazzo Ex di Economia
10:00-10:15 | Welcoming remarks
-Valentina Moro, Head of the Department of Human Sciences of the University of Verona
-Tommaso Ferrari, Councillor for Environment and Ecological Transition, Verona
-Giorgio Erle, Supervisor of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project ReNa “Collective Responsibility Towards Nature and Future Generations” at the University of Verona
-Giulia Battistoni, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of Verona (project ReNa)
Chair: Giorgio Erle (University of Verona)
10:15-11:30: Giulia Battistoni, President of SAFI-Societas Aperta Feminarum in Iuris Theoria (University of Verona): “Le Sfide della Responsabilità nel XXI secolo: Linee Guida di un Progetto”
Discussion
11:30-12:45: Marina Calloni, President of the Società Italiana di Teoria Critica (University of Milano Bicocca), “Responsibility Towards Strangers: Act, Care, Respect”
Discussion
13:00-14:30 | Lunch Break
Chair: Massimiliano Badino (University of Verona)
14:45-16:00: Mario De Caro, President of the Società Italiana di Filosofia Morale (University of Roma Tre/Tufts University), “Free Will and Moral Responsibility: A Boundary Between the Human and the Artificial?”
Discussion
16:00-17:15: Michael Quante, Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Knowledge Transfer and Sustainability (University of Münster): “Moral rights for future human beings? Conceptual worries and ethical concerns”
Discussion
17:15-17:30 | Break
17:30-18:45: Giorgio Erle, Member of the Steering Committee of the Centre “Ricerche di Gnoseologia e Metafisica” (University of Verona): “Possiamo rispondere ad un «appello» della natura? Considerazioni filosofiche per un approccio antropotematico”
Discussion
Concluding remarks

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Workshop with presentation of papers by internal and external speakers and subsequent discussion.

Learning assessment procedures

To obtain 1 CFU through this learning activity, the student attending the workshop must have a documented presence.

Evaluation criteria

No evaluation, only verification of participation

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

No grade - only approved/not approved.

Exam language

Italiano

Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs

This initiative contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030. More information on sustainability