- Docente: Matteo Santarelli
- Credits: 12
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Matteo Santarelli (Modulo 1) Matteo Santarelli (Modulo 2) Matteo Santarelli (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Philosophy (cod. 9216)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 9216)
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from Sep 19, 2022 to Oct 24, 2022
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from Oct 06, 2022 to Oct 28, 2022
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from Nov 10, 2022 to Dec 19, 2022
Learning outcomes
Students are expected to acquire knowledge of the main issues of moral philosophy and their relationship with metaphysics and politics.
Course contents
This course provides an introduction to the major approaches in normative ethics and key issues in moral psychology. The approach integrates historical and theoretical analysis.
The course is divided into the following four sections:
- Metaethics
- Normative ethics
- Moral psychology
- Focus on a classic text of moral philosophy
Readings/Bibliography
I. Introductory readings
- Donatelli, P. (2015), Etica. I classici, le teorie e le linee evolutive, Torino, Einaudi: Ch. I (Platone); Ch. II (Aristotele); Ch. X (Hume e Smith); Ch. XI (Kant); Ch. XIII (Mill); Ch. XIV (Nietzsche).
- De Caro, M., Magni, S. F., Vaccarezza, M. S. (2021), Le sfide dell’etica, Milano, Mondadori: Ch. 4 (Oggettività); Ch. 7 (Relatività); Ch. 8 (Dovere); Ch. 9 (Utilità); Ch. 10 (Virtù).
- Selection of excerpts from Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Smith, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche (available on Virtuale).
II. Focus
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogia della morale, tr. it. di Ferruccio Masini, in Opere di Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume VI, Tomo II, a cura di Giorgio Colli e Mazzino Montinari, Adelphi, Milano 1968, pp. 211-367 (anche in edizione economica Adelphi).
NB All readings are mandatory.
Please note that non-attending students are not expected to prepare extra mandatory readings.Teaching methods
Lectures and discussion.
Assessment methods
Students will be evaluated on the basis of a written examination which consists of
- A multiple-choice test (concerning the readings listed as introductory in the Bibliography)
- Open question (concerning the classic text)
A pass on the multiple-choice test is required in order to access the open question.
Open question – assessment criteria and breakdown of final mark:
- comprehension of prescribed texts (knowledge of content and ability to report the most relevant information): 13 marks.
- language, style, and accuracy in written communication: 7 marks.
- thematic relevance and clarity of expression: 13 marks.
Achieving all 33 marks will entitle the student to a grade of 30 e lode.
Students who achieve a pass mark may resit to improve that mark only once.
Teaching tools
Further readings will be provided via Virtuale.
Office hours
See the website of Matteo Santarelli