- Docente: Alberto Burgio
- Credits: 12
- SSD: M-FIL/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- 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 Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
Learning outcomes
The course intends to provide basic knowledge within the field of the history of modern philosophy, through the analysis of significant traditions, moments and figures in the historical and philosophical contexts between XVIth and XVIIIth centuries.
Course contents
Impartial Spectators, invisible hands
Moral philosophy and theories of social order in Adam Smith
The course will examine the Theory of moral Sentiments, in particular the fundamental concepts of this Work and the relationship between Smith and his main sources (Mandeville, Hutcheson, Hume). Attention will also be paid to the problem of the relationship between the TMS and The Wealth of Nations, with particular reference to the theories of the social order underlying the two works.
Class Schedule
Monday, Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., classroom VI, via Zamboni 38
Tuesday, 5-7 p.m., classroom II, via Zamboni 38
Starting date: 23rd September 2019
Readings/Bibliography
1. Primary Texts
Adam Smith, Teoria dei sentimenti morali, a c. E. Lecaldano, Bur Rizzoli, Milano 20177
oppure
Adam Smith, Teoria dei sentimenti morali, a c. A. Zanini, Ist. della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 1991
2. Two texts of your choice:
Giulio Preti, Alle origini dell’etica contemporanea. Adamo Smith, Laterza, Bari 1957
Albert O. Hirschman, Le passioni e gli interessi. Argomenti politici in favore del capitalismo prima del suo trionfo (1975), Feltrinelli, Milano 1977
Ronald L. Meek, Il cattivo selvaggio (1976), il Saggiatore, Milano 1981
Maria Emanuela Scribano, Natura umana e società competitiva. Saggio su Mandeville, Feltrinelli, Milano 1980
Sergio Cremaschi, Il sistema della ricchezza. Economia politica e problema del metodo in Adam Smith, FrancoAngeli, Milano 1984
Otto Mayr, La bilancia e l'orologio. Libertà e autorità nel pensiero politico dell'Europa moderna (1986), il Mulino, Bologna 1988
Adelino Zanini, Genesi imperfetta. Il governo delle passioni in Adam Smith, Giappichelli, Torino 1995
Emma Rothschild, Sentimenti economici. Adam Smith, Condorcet e l'illuminismo (2001), il Mulino, Bologna 2003
Stefano Fiori, Ordine, mano invisibile, mercato. Una rilettura di Adam Smith, Utet, Torino 2001
Adelino Zanini, Adam Smith. Morale, jurisprudence, economia politica, liberilibri, Macerata 2014
3. Basic Skills
The knowledge of fundamental authors and themes regarding the history of philosophy between the 16th and 18th centuries is required for the oral exam.
List of authors:
Erasmo da Rotterdam, Tommaso Moro, Telesio, Bruno, Campanella, Lutero, Pomponazzi, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Bodin, Montaigne, Galilei, Bacone, Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Vico, Newton, Berkeley, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, D'Alembert, Montesquieu, Condillac, Rousseau, Kant.
The programme is the same both for attending and not attending students.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with discussions in class of the most crucial issues.
Assessment methods
The final oral exam focuses on the programme’s material and will be held in the Professor’s office, Via Zamboni, 38 - 5.08.
The critical evaluation considers the fundamental notions, the level of the analysis and the critical skills. On the basis of these three principal parameters an overall evaluation in thirtieths is expressed
Evaluation:
18-21 Sufficient
22-25 Average
26-28 Good-Very Good
29-30 ExcellentOffice hours
See the website of Alberto Burgio
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.