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CODE 66940
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/03
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

 

The lessons are divided into two parts. The first is devoted to an analysis of the concepts and main articulations and schools of thought of moral philosophy. The second deals with the issue of the relationship between personal identity and artificial intelligence and the questions that arise regarding freedom of choice in a world of increasingly interconnected environments pervaded by algorithms.

 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide an overview of the ways in which philosophers have dealt with the study, of moral problems and the fundamental results they have come to during their investigations.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge: fundamental articulations, main schools of thought, sectorial language of moral philosophy

Skills: argumentation relating to ethical issues characterising the history and current developments in moral philosophy

Competencies: links, comparison and critical analysis relating to fundamental questions of moral philosophy 

At the end of the teaching the student will be able to: analyse a moral philosophical text; argue about ethical issues; give reasons to support one's views  

 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures; participatory lessons;peer tutoring

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Part One: ethics and its object; descriptive ethics; metaethics; normative ethics (teleological, deontological, virtue ethics); the foundation of moral theory and its problematics; cognitivism, non-cognitivism and theoretical biases in ethics.

Part two: personal identity and freedom of choice; identity, autonomy and relationships in the age of algorithms; ethical criteria for the protection of personal identity in relation to the development of artificial intelligence

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

D. Neri, Filosofia morale. Manuale introduttivo, Guerini, Milano 2013 (Chapters 1-8 for attending students; whole text for non-attending students)

S. Tiribelli, Identità personale e algoritmi. Una questione di filosofia morale, Carocci, Roma 2023

Slides and materials made available by the lecturer and published in AulaWeb

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FRANCO MANTI (President)

LUISA BELLISSIMO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Monday 17 February 2025

 

Class schedule

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Assessment, by means of a conversation, of: knowledge relating to the syllabus; argumentative skills and in the approriate use of sectorial language; competencies in making connections between parts of the syllabus and in the logical-rational structure of the argumentation; ability to analyse a short text.

The assessment is carried out using a qualitative-quantitative evaluation form published on AulaWeb.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Expert on the subject (Cultore della materia): Dr Luisa Bellissimo

E-mail: luisa.bellissimo@edu.unige.it