The course offers an introduction to ethics by combining a historical and analytical perspective.
The main expected outcome is to provide knowledge of the key concepts of ethics and to the most relevant ethical theories.
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.
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.
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).
Ricevimento: Monday 3pm-5pm (by prior appointment)
MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (President)
ANGELO CAMPODONICO
FILIPPO DOMANESCHI (Substitute)
Lessons will start on March 1st, 2022.
Students planning to attend classes online can join the Teams classroom using code t1oqgc5
INTRODUCTION TO MORAL PHILOSOPHY
The exam will consist in an oral examination.
