CODE 101398 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 FILOSOFIA 8455 (L-5) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/03 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course offers an introduction to ethics by combining a historical and analytical perspective. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Introducing the fundamental themes, the main strands and classics of moral philosophy in a historical and speculative perspective. 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 texts. Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. The teacher, upon specific request by single students, could allow them to access the recordings of the lessons via Teams. However, students not attending in presence won't be eligible for the written exam and the reduced reading list available to students regularly attending in presence. 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). RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. S. Blackburn, Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, OUP 2021 2. Selected reading list (provided by the teacher) 3. Non attending students: 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 MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA Ricevimento: Monday 3pm-5pm (by prior appointment) Exam Board MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (President) MICHEL CROCE ROBERTO CELADA BALLANTI (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START Feb. 2025 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION For international students, the exam will consist in an oral examination. ASSESSMENT METHODS The oral examination will assess the attainment of the learning outcomes. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 16/12/2024 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 20/01/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 10/02/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 05/05/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 26/05/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 09/06/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 30/06/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 08/09/2025 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals Quality education