Coercive care, caring coercion. The role of coercion in eating disorder treatment

The new volume “Coercive care, caring coercion. The role of coercion in eating disorder treatment” published by CNR Edizioni and edited by Giulia Sciolli, Researcher at CID Ethics, explores the relationship between coercion and care in the treatment of eating disorders, with particular attention to practical and ethical aspects. Going beyond an analysis of coercion […]

Dialogue on medically assisted suicide

The new publication ‘Dialogue on medically assisted suicide’ by the Scientific Council of the Courtyard of the Gentiles, issued by Cnr Edizioni and edited by Cinzia Caporale and Laura Palazzani, is part of the current debate on medically assisted suicide that followed the Constitutional Court ruling no. 242/2019 and addresses the topic from a variety […]

Artificial intelligence: distingue frequenter. An interdisciplinary approach

Artificial Intelligence increasingly in our lives; how much and how it will affect our daily lives. The new volume “Artificial Intelligence: distingue frequenter. An Interdisciplinary Look” produced by the CNR Interdepartmental Center for Research Ethics and Integrity in collaboration with the Scientific Council of the Courtyard of Gentiles analyzes several issues that are well emphasized […]

Research Ethics and Integrity Committee

On December 28, 2023, CNR President Maria Chiara Carrozza reappointed the Research Ethics and Integrity Committee of the CNR for a four-year term. The Committee’s mission and main institutional goals can be found on the CNR’s institutional website. The Interdepartmental Center for Research Ethics and Integrity (CID Ethics) provides scientific, technical-organizational, managerial and administrative support […]

The elephant in the room. Ethics of neglected diseases and poverty

Diseases, especially infectious ones, have always accompanied human history. They have profoundly altered economic arrangements and affected the social structure and cultural evolution of entire populations. All this is still true for more than a billion people affected by endemic diseases in the tropical areas of the planet. Enormously facilitated by poverty, they are in […]