15ZUZU052 - Bioethics and the Media

Course specification
Course title		Bioethics and the Media
Acronym		15ZUZU052
Study programme		Journalism
Module
Type of study		first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		doc. dr Mina Đikanović
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		as. Tanja Todorović
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		3.0	Status
Condition		none	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		The aim of the course "Bioethics and Media" is to introduce students with a specific bioethical approach to the fundamental issues of holistic understanding of life, which are directly related to scientific and technical-technological progress. The objective of the course is also to familiarize students with the moral dilemmas that they may face in professional reporting and public performance, and pointing to the respect of appropriate codes when reporting on delicate and controversial bioethical issues.
The outcome		The subject should provide students with independent thinking, argumentation and orientation in relation to the fundamental dilemmas of modern mankind.
Contents
Contents of lectures		The notion of bioethics. The emergence and development of bioethics. Ethics and bioethics. The notion of life in philosophy and other sciences. Basic positions in bioethics. Ecophilosophilia. Nuclear technology and its challenges. Genetically Modified Organisms. Animal status and their rights. Bioethical problems in medicine. Eugenia. Abortus. Transplantation of the organ. Reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Euthanasia. Bioethics and addiction diseases. Bioethics and Religion. Bioethics and law. Bioethics and economics. Bioethics and art. Bioethical education. Bioethics and media. Bioethics in Serbia.
Contents of exercises		The notion of bioethics. The emergence and development of bioethics. Ethics and bioethics. The notion of life in philosophy and other sciences. Basic positions in bioethics. Ecophilosophilia. Nuclear technology and its challenges. Genetically Modified Organisms. Animal status and their rights. Bioethical problems in medicine. Eugenia. Abortus. Transplantation of the organ. Reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Euthanasia. Bioethics and addiction diseases. Bioethics and Religion. Bioethics and law. Bioethics and economics. Bioethics and art. Bioethical education. Bioethics and media. Bioethics in Serbia.
Literature
Rakić, V., Maldenović, I. Drezgić. R., Bioethics. Rinčić, I., Bioethics in Europa: ideas and institutions. Perović, M. A., Ethics of Media. des Jardins, J. R., Environmental ethics. Singer, P., Introduction to Ethics Čović, A. Ethics and Bioethics.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	1
Methods of teaching		Interactive lectures, presentations, dialogues, discussions.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper
Practical lessons			Oral examination	70
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		20

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