Unit RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Course
- Philosophy and ethics of relationships
- Study-unit Code
- A001655
- Curriculum
- Didattico
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline classiche, storiche, antropologiche e politico-sociali
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/06
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian will be the language of teaching and examination
- Contents
- The course will be aimed at offering an overview on the legal framework of religious traditions and their rules on personal status. A comparative perspective will be applied, in order to highlight peculiarities and commonalities between single religious traditions. The first topic will be that of religious legal sources (Hebrew law, Canon law, Islamic law, Hindu law, Buddhist law), then specific issues on rights and duties will be tackled (conversion, apostasy, women status, bioethics, dietary rules). The overall objective will be that of comparing similarities and differences between religious traditions and the development of human rights in secular legal tradition and international legal standards.
- Reference texts
- S. Ferrari (a cura di), Strumenti e percorsi di diritto comparato delle religioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, II° ed., 2022. The study of Part 1, 2 and 3 is compulsory. Between Part 4 and 8, students are bound to choose two Parts to study.
Documents and additional lecture materials (including slides) will be advised on Unistudium. Students are expected to check Unistudium to keep up-to-date with materials and learning resources throughout the course.
- Educational objectives
- Within the framework of the overall objectives of the Degree on Philosophy and relational ethics, the course will be aimed at introducing students to religious traditions’ standpoints on questions pertaining to rights and ethics, in order to be able to respond to religious demands in pluralistic, religiously and culturally diverse societies.
Basic knowledge of religious laws and rules on specific questions of ethics and bioethics
A comparative approach to focus on differences and commonalities between religious traditions
Basic knowledge and understanding of the differences and common grounds between secular conception of human rights and religious traditions, in order to reflect on the proper approach to foster a harmonious coexistence in pluralistic societies - Prerequisites
- No prerequisites are applied.
Where the student is willing to anticipate the exam before the planned year, she will be expected to attend classes during the scheduled Term and to sit the exam at the end of it. - Teaching methods
- Term one. Lectures and slide presentations, at times with Italian or foreign speakers. Group works, seminars, open discussion in class. Students are expected to actively engage in class discussion and to participate in students’ individual or group presentations. Attendance is not compulsory but is highly recommended.
- Other information
- For any further information on the course activities, assessment and examination, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours shall be online in Teams or in presence at the Law Department. To be updated: www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti - Learning verification modality
- For both attending and non-attending students, the final evaluation will consist of an oral exam (questions and answers). The aim of the exam will be that of assessing: 1) knowledge and understanding of the questions related to the connections and differences between religious laws and human rights; 2) applying knowledge to cases analyzed during classes; 3) learning and communications skills, in particular the ability to critically explain the questions and the underlying problems while making judgments on the issues at stake. Active participation in class and presentations will be considered for the purpose of the evaluation.
The exam will be based on the study of learning material (See ‘Testi di riferimento’), as well as on the study of the topics discussed in class and of the additional material advised on Unistudium. Students not attending classes are also invited to check the material advised on Unistudium.
Students with disabilities may be given specific support upon request. Please, find more information on the webpage: https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- Specific topics are subject to change:
Historical account and legal religious sources
Religious belonging: criteria to enter/leave the community and apostasy
Comparison between apostasy in religious laws and the right to change religion in international and European legal standard
Bioethics: controversial issues between religious laws and secular law on human rights
Dietary religious prescriptions. Controversial issues in national domains
Politics in religious thought. Comparison with secularization theories - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4) Quality education; 5) Gender equality; 10) Reduced inequalities; 16) Peace, justice and strong institutions