Philosophical Anthropology
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with theoretical and methodological tools enabling them to tackle contemporary philosophical debates in moral philosophy, with special reference to value theory, fondational and applied ethics, and to the anthropological basis of value judgments.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student
- have a thorough knowledge of the theoretical contribution of some of the major moral philosophers;
- have a critical and articulate knowledge of the secundary literature relevant to those philosophers, which have been object of analysis;
- have a critical understanding of the main ethical and axiological issues involved in the theoretical landscape of contemporary moral philosophy.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student
- can apply the conceptual tools that she/he has acquired, in order to discuss and rework moral questions concerning meaning and orientation of her/his acts.
- can orient her/him-self in the philosophical landscape of contemporary moral debate.
- can read and soundly discuss primary and secondary philosophical literature.
At the end of the course, the student
- have a thorough knowledge of the theoretical contribution of some of the major moral philosophers;
- have a critical and articulate knowledge of the secundary literature relevant to those philosophers, which have been object of analysis;
- have a critical understanding of the main ethical and axiological issues involved in the theoretical landscape of contemporary moral philosophy.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student
- can apply the conceptual tools that she/he has acquired, in order to discuss and rework moral questions concerning meaning and orientation of her/his acts.
- can orient her/him-self in the philosophical landscape of contemporary moral debate.
- can read and soundly discuss primary and secondary philosophical literature.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
In the first instance we shall discuss the ontological basis of existentialism in Sartre's masterwork Being and Nothingness, with special reference to its phenomenological background. In the second and third part of the course we are going to focus on the two sections of Notebooks for an Ethics. Furthermore, in the third part we are also going to provide a comparative analysis of similar issues in contemporary thought.
The course is open to the students of
SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) Enrolled by 2016/2017
SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) Enrolled from 2017/2018 on
LETTERE (L-10) Enrolled from 2011/2012 on
The course is open to the students of
SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) Enrolled by 2016/2017
SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) Enrolled from 2017/2018 on
LETTERE (L-10) Enrolled from 2011/2012 on
Prerequisites for admission
The students are required to have a good acquaintance with the Western philosophical tradition, as it is provided by an Italian three-year philosophy degree. They are further required to be able to read English philosophical texts.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Debate and discussion
Debate and discussion
Teaching Resources
Readings and assignments for attending students
Assignments both for 6 and 6 ECTS exams:
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'essere e il nulla, Milano, Saggiatore 2014 (selected pages)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Quaderni per una morale, Milano, Mimesis 2019
Additional assignments for 9 ECTS exam:
Howells Ch. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Sartre, CUP 1992, pp. 1-139, pp. 178-210
Readings and assignments for non-attending students
Assignments both for 6 and 6 ECTS exams:
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'essere e il nulla, Milano, Saggiatore 2014 (selected pages)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Quaderni per una morale, Milano, Mimesis 2019
Additional assignments for 9 ECTS exam:
One of the following volumes:
Crittenden, P., Sartre in Search of an Ethics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2009
Anderson Th, Sartre's two ethics: from authenticity to integral humanity, Open Court Publishing, Chicago, 1993.
Storm Heter, T., Sartre's Ethics of Engagement: Authenticity and Civic Virtue, Continnum, New York 2006
Assignments both for 6 and 6 ECTS exams:
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'essere e il nulla, Milano, Saggiatore 2014 (selected pages)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Quaderni per una morale, Milano, Mimesis 2019
Additional assignments for 9 ECTS exam:
Howells Ch. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Sartre, CUP 1992, pp. 1-139, pp. 178-210
Readings and assignments for non-attending students
Assignments both for 6 and 6 ECTS exams:
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'essere e il nulla, Milano, Saggiatore 2014 (selected pages)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Quaderni per una morale, Milano, Mimesis 2019
Additional assignments for 9 ECTS exam:
One of the following volumes:
Crittenden, P., Sartre in Search of an Ethics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2009
Anderson Th, Sartre's two ethics: from authenticity to integral humanity, Open Court Publishing, Chicago, 1993.
Storm Heter, T., Sartre's Ethics of Engagement: Authenticity and Civic Virtue, Continnum, New York 2006
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final evaluation consists of an oral exam on the matter treated during the course. The students that have not attended to the lectures will be required to study further texts, which are specified below. There are not any other difference in the way the exam is to be tackled between attending and not-attending students.
General criteria that contribute to the determination of the final marks are:
1) Accuracy of the answers (adequacy to the textual matter);
2) Ability to provide a synthesis of the main conceptual issues;
3) Comprehensiveness and richness of the answers;
4) Expressive quality (terminological property, fluency, accuracy)
5) Ability to select the salient aspects of each debate and to connect them in a critical framework.
General criteria that contribute to the determination of the final marks are:
1) Accuracy of the answers (adequacy to the textual matter);
2) Ability to provide a synthesis of the main conceptual issues;
3) Comprehensiveness and richness of the answers;
4) Expressive quality (terminological property, fluency, accuracy)
5) Ability to select the salient aspects of each debate and to connect them in a critical framework.
Unita' didattica A
M-FIL/03 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-FIL/03 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-FIL/03 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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