- Docente: Fabio Zagonari
- Credits: 4
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness, Sport and Health (cod. 5813)
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from Sep 23, 2025 to Dec 09, 2025
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 sport (e.g., sustainability of sport events, sport equipment, sport activities …), 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
Workshops will be organized where each student will present an assigned scientific article from the recent literature on sustainability and sport, with a subsequent classroom discussion.
Assessment methods
Written exam, 90 minutes, 3 open questions.
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Zagonari