OVERVIEW

The course offers an introduction to ethics by combining a historical and analytical perspective. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main expected outcome is to provide knowledge of the key concepts of ethics and to the most relevant ethical theories.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at: providing a robust knowledge of the history of ethics and its most fundamental concepts and theories; enabling students to read and interpret ethical works from different ages and approaches; mastering the technical langiage of the discipline, and its main methods of inquiry.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and seminar discussions will be alternated to the comment of Aristotle and Kant's texts.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Students will be required to study the slides provided, together with the following textbook:

A. Da Re, Filosofia morale, Pearson, Milano 2008.

Moreover, they will study the two following texts:

Aristotele, Etica nicomachea, Bompiani, Milano 2001/Laterza, Roma-Bari 1998.

I. Kant, Fondazione della metafisica dei costumi, Bompiani, Milano 2002/Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (President)

ANGELO CAMPODONICO

ROBERTO CELADA BALLANTI

MIRELLA PASINI

DANIELE ROLANDO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

21.10.2019

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Exam will include a written test and an oral examination on the same day.

Exam schedule