- Docente: Fabio Zagonari
- Credits: 4
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Human Nutrition, Well-Being And Health (cod. 5812)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activities (cod. 9263)
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from Sep 27, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to present the main environmental ethics in terms of duties and rights in the relationships between humans and between humans and nature. The main sustainability paradigms (i.e., weak sustainability, a-growth, de-growth, strong sustainability) will be discussed in terms of the environmental ethics which characterize them. The main assessment and decision methodologies (i.e., Cost-Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criteria Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment) will be presented in terms of the sustainability paradigms which typify them. Workshops will be organized where each student will present an assigned scientific article from the recent literature on sustainability and nutrition, with a subsequent classroom discussion.
Course contents
The purpose of this course is to present the main environmental ethics in terms of duties and rights in the relationships between humans and between humans and nature. The main sustainability paradigms (i.e., weak sustainability, a-growth, de-growth, strong sustainability, linear economy, circular economy) will be discussed in terms of the environmental ethics which characterize them. The main environmental assessment and decision methodologies (i.e., Cost-Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criteria Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment) will be presented in terms of the sustainability paradigms, which typify them. The structure of this course can be summarized as follows:
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental assessment and decision methodologies
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Multi-Criteria Analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment
Readings/Bibliography
Zagonari, F. (2024) Both religious and secular ethics to achieve both happiness and health: panel data results based on a dynamic theoretical model, PLoS ONE
Zagonari, F. (2022) Environmental Ethics, Sustainability and Decisions: Literature Problems and Suggested Solutions, Springer, Heidelberg
Zagonari, F. (2020) Environmental sustainability is not worth pursuing unless it is achieved for ethical reasons, Nature – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Teaching methods
Together with traditional university lectures, each student is expected to present to other students a given scientific paper from the literature on nutrition and sustainability.
Assessment methods
Written exam, 90 minutes, 3 open questions
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Zagonari