XII International Symposium of University Professors - "Bioethics and Politics of life"

Politics wishing to shape society in well defined ways are based on specific views concerning human beings and human life. At present, human life in the West - particularly managing its biological dimension – has become the focus of political strategies. So, what Nikolas Rose called the “molecularization of life” and the Michel Foucault’s prophecy are coming true: life is widely controlled by technologies and commodified. Some argue this is the prevailing Biopolitics.

The main aim of the XII International Symposium of University Professors organized by the Vicariate of Rome is not to criticize this reality but rather to promote a Personalist centred Biopolitics.