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CODE 66940
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/03
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

 
The course offers an overview of the ways in which philosophers have addressed the study of moral issues and fundamental results that have come in the course of their investigations.
 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

 

The course offers an overview of the ways in which philosophers have addressed the study of moral issues and fundamental results that have come in the course of their investigations.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lesson.

Seminariale activities

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

 The first module will be presented with an annotated map of the main concepts on which it relies moral philosophy in order to allow the student to form the basic cognitive tools to face, with greater awareness, the ethical debates of our time. They exhibit, also, the fundamental stages of the history of moral doctrines with particular reference to ethics applied.
 In the second module, we will examine the thought of the philosopher Maria Zambrano in reference to both the classical tradition and contemporary ethical and political issues.
 The course, of 36 hours, is divided into two modules for a total of 6 credits.

N.B. It requires a good knowledge of the history of philosophy with special reference to moral issues.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

--Pierre Hadot, Che cos’è la filosofia antica?, Einaudi, Torino 1998

-- Maria Zambrano, L’uomo e il divino, Edizioni Lavoro, Roma 2009


A text of your choice:

--Maria Zambrano Verso un sapere dell’anima, Cortina, Milano 1996 

 Maria Zambrano, Il sogno creatore, Ed. Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2002

 

--Maria Zambrano, L’esilio come patria, Morcelliana, Brescia  2016

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI (President)

LUISA BATTAGLIA (President)

FRANCO MANTI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 10th

Class schedule

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oral

ASSESSMENT METHODS

 oral, the most suitable to check the exhibition and argumentation skills of the student and encouraging the development of a problematic perspective and a view  of personal criticism.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
23/05/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale
06/06/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale
20/06/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale
11/07/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale
19/09/2017 09:30 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Areas of availability thesis: philosophy, medical ethics, social ethics, environmental education, social sciences, social psychology, intercultural education, adult education.

Warning

 Dr. Alessandra Fabbri will hold a seminar on the issues of the course.
E-mail: alessandra.fabbri@unige.it; cell. 3400 046659
     There are guided practical activities  which will be announced during the academic year.