Abstract
The relational dimension of care becomes the foundation of the rights of pupils with SEN when considering the asymmetry that may exist in the relationship between the teacher and the pupil with special educational needs. This asymmetry can, in fact, find the pupil with vulnerability in an inferior position compared to the teacher. This, by analogy, is the same asymmetry that can also be found in the relationship between doctor and patient. From the awareness of this derives the need for an ethical approach to care (of the pupil with SEN, as well as of the patient), which is identified with that moral attitude of the individual who tries to meet the needs of those with a vulnerability. An ethical approach cannot stop, however, in considering only the medical-biological dimension of the subject with vulnerability. It must also address all the dimensions that make up the nature of the human person.
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Therefore, starting from what has just been said, by analogy, if we start from the idea that ethics could remain outside the doctor's training, we could ask ourselves whether the function of a specialized support teacher for pupils with disabilities (who in the writer’s opinion is called on to take care of the vulnerable pupil continuously) can be compared in a certain sense to that of doctors, and therefore, as for doctors, we must ask how much ethics such teachers need in their training.
Key Terms in this Chapter
SEN Pupils: Pupils who need a special educational path.
Care: Moral attitude that aims at the physical and spiritual support of an individual.
Vulnerability: Condition of fragility of an individual, due to which, for example, he can receive damage or discrimination.
Technocracy: Political-social condition in which technology prevails over every field of human life.
Relation: Correspondence or existential relationship between two or more individuals.
Artificial Intelligence: Ability of a machine to reveal human intellectual abilities.
Algorithms: Sequence of instructions to perform operations on computer data.