Human - Animal Studies

The aim of the course is to enable participants to acquire knowledge and to understand the relationship between human and non-human animals, through the reading, the commentary and the critical assessment of well-known classics of the discipline.

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student
- masters a systematic and in-depth knowledge of the history of Ethics from ancient times to contemporary times, acquired through the reading of the classics and the study of secondary literature;
- has a philologically sound knowledge of the sources of the texts under analysis;
- understands the various interpretations of texts on human animal studies in different chronological, cultural and linguistic contexts;
- knows the topics taken as peculiar object in the course of the year;

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the study path, the student
- can apply the knowledge acquired in framing authors and texts historically;
- can soundly and adequately interpret ethical doctrines by relating them to their processing contexts and their respective functions;
- can apply the philosophical lexicon to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- can apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of complex texts and problems.