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INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES
THE VERBANIA
DECLARATION
SPEAKERS
SPONSORS
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Born in Genova on the 4.10.1961 where she
resides
(1985) Graduated with honors in jurisprudence from the University of
Genova (110/110)
(1997) Lawyer’s articles
(1999) University researcher, Faculty of Medicine and Chirurgia.
(2001) Specialisation in forensic psychology
Ecology, quality of life and mental health:
the bioethical dimension
Present abilities to manipulate nature, the living being, the human
body, and many aspects of man’s quality of life, such as the
environment, social behavior, etc., have deeply altered the traditional
relationship of man with nature.
Human health,
well-being and quality of life in general, are conditions strictly
connected to technological and scientific development as well as to the
attainment of a more balanced relationship with the environment.
What seems to be emerging most evidently is no so much the delay between
scientific innovation and social response, but rather the difficulty in
establishing a harmonious relationship between techno-scientific
evolution and social response (here meant as active and critical
participation and evaluation of such a process).
The speed of scientific and technological development in the last
decades seems to impede man’s critical judgment in the face of such vast
quantities of constantly new information, knowledge and developments.
The continuous flow of innovation in the field of biological
technologies is increasing the division more and more with the
experimental human cognition necessary to maintain a balanced
relationship between our body and our environment. This calls not merely
for more control to assure a responsible technological evolution, but
even more so, for a new wider paradigm, which includes science,
technology and the collective, to place them into dialogue.
The San Marino Declaration, which was approved by the National Board of
Directors of the Italian Society of Ecology, Psychiatry and Mental
Health, together with the Executive Committee of its WPA section,
proposes to promote preventative instruments to detect environmentally
related mental disturbances, as well as develop new instruments to
promote a better quality of life.
That which science proposes calls for a collectively shared
responsibility in the identification of new criteria, in order to chose
the correct direction for future scientific developments, to marry
scientific progress and technology with human values, and thus allow for
a full affirmation of freedom against any abuse, injustice or danger. |
