Programme

The course aims at providing the students with the basic notions of moral philosophy, from a historical and theoretical point of view, with a particular stress on the relationship with cognitive sciences. In particular, it will give them the tools to understand one the most common contemporary discussions, that regarding free will. At the end of the course, the student will be able to master the basic concepts of the conceptual galaxy free will-moral responsibility.

Core Documentation

FOR THE STUDENTS WHO PASS THE TEST AT THE END OF THE COURSE
- De Caro, Il libero arbitrio, Laterza (only the sections that the teacher will indicate in class)
- De Caro e Marraffa, Scienza e morale, LUISS University Press

FOR THE STUDENTS WHO DON’T ATTEND THE COURSE OR DON'T PASS THE TEST AT THE END OF THE COURSE OR DON'T TRY IT
- De Caro, Il libero arbitrio, Laterza (the whole book)
- De Caro e Marraffa, Scienza e morale, LUISS University Press
- Mele, Liberi!, Carocci

Type of delivery of the course

If the emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemics continues, we'll follow our university's recommendation regarding teaching and evaluation. In particular, teaching will be online with the means suggested by the university and the oral written exams will be done by using Microsoft Teams

Type of evaluation

At the end of the course, it will be possible to participate in a written test that, if successful, will exonerate (partially or completely) the students from the oral exam.