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 will be possibly held in presence, but it will be possible for students to attend classes via Microsoft Teams. The enter code will be provided here in due course. 

Lectures and seminar discussions will be alternated to the comment of texts.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Students will be required to study the slides provided, together with the following textbook: M. De Caro, F. Magni, M.S. Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori, Milano 2021 (an alternative textbook for foreign students can be arranged).

Moreover, they will study a selection of classic texts provided, or one of the two following texts:

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (any English edition).

I. Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (any English edition).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (President)

ANGELO CAMPODONICO

FILIPPO DOMANESCHI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will start on March 1st, 2022.

Students planning to attend classes online can join the Teams classroom using code t1oqgc5

Class schedule

INTRODUCTION TO MORAL PHILOSOPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will consist in an oral examination.

Exam schedule