ALFANO L.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the methodological approach of two great masters, Aldo Franchini and Giacomo Canepa, who are considered among the most eminent scholars of legal medicine and criminology in the second half of the 1900s. From the examination of important clinical investigations carried out on offenders, it emerges that it is...

The developments of science and technology make possible today unprecedented exchanges of body parts by multiplying the figures and links that intervene in the process of building parenthood and generating significant ethical and judicial controversies. Body donation in the procreative field constitutes an anthropo-logical and social phenomenon...

As has been the case for several years in many countries, in Italy, new forms of family composition, as well as increasingly complex forms of parenting, are sharply taking root. These innovations are often accompanied by criticisms and (pre)conceptions that (in)form our traditional and consolidated way of thinking about the family. Issues...

The profound social, ethical and juridical transformations that have invested the condition of childhood have also affected the consideration of the existential interests of the minor in the care relationship and his role in the adoption of the therapeutic choices that concern him. If the history of children's rights is recent, that of...

Since time immemorial, the occurrence of death and adjoined burial ceremonies have been at the core of critical anthropological challenges that have depicted and proved the social-cultural value of this topic moment throughout the ages. Recently, several social factors, along with the development of biomedical techniques and the increasing...

In recent years, the category of vulnerability has increasingly become the subject of attention from ethical, legal, and political reflections. Various events have shown how vulnerability cannot be considered a specific attribute of some individuals or certain segments of the population but belongs to all living beings by virtue of the deep...

Background: The care of patients in the terminal phase of their lives requires a broader approach that encompasses emotional, psychological, relational, and spiritual support for the person. Methodology: This paper describes the "TeatroDiLetto", a project aimed at exploring the possibility, for terminally ill patients, to express their...

Social perceptions towards animals have, in recent decades, undergone important evolutions, towards a more inclusive view, focused on the recognition of the intrinsic value of all living forms. In this context, pet burial cemeteries are a testament to the human bond with the animal and the intensity of the emotional response that its breaking...

Several new alternatives to traditional burial have emerged through the years, including the communal cinerary urn option which involves the cremation of the deceased and the burial of their ashes in a shared burial, often located in a dedicated site, such as a memorial garden or a cemetery. Understanding the motivations and ethical...

The extension of our moral horizon beyond spatial and temporal boundaries constitutes a significant stage in the development of an authentically human ethic. The guiding idea is that of the expanding circle, i.e. a circle that gradually widens to encompass ever larger and more intertwined areas, in a planetary dimension. In such a vision, the...

The question on the moral admissibility of a medical practice implemented with morally questionable methods, in relation to the goodness of the purpose, has arisen again in times of Covid, drawing attention to various ethical issues, including those relating to physical and emotional proximity to hospitalized people by family members.

The end of life continues to be at the center of a lively debate that involves complex and heterogeneous ethical issues (palliative care, pain therapy, the freedom to refuse treatment, therapeutic obstinacy, advance treatment provisions) and that, today, are polarized on access to the request to end one's existence affected by an illness with a...

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Disease can represent a particularly complicated and sometimes traumatic event in the life of achild. The support and assistance of adults and the various reference figures (parents and health care personnel) who, with different functions and responsibilities, intervene in the care relationship, play a decisive role.The child in its complete...

The global ecological crisis generated by the increasing and indiscriminate exploitation of nature, together with the impressive increase in population, is one of the most urgent problems of our time because of the inherent threat to the very survival of mankind. The attitude that human have traditionally taken towards nature and the other...