20710113 - ETHIC AND COMUNICATION

In the first part, the course aims at giving the students the basic concepts of applied ethics, with a particular focus on roboethics and the relation between ethics and communication, in particular considering films. In the second part, the course aims at providing a basic understanding of the debate on human reasoning and decision-making.

The goal of the course is that the students understand these fundamental issues of moral philosophy. At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the essential features of these discussions.
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Programme

This course aims at giving the students the basic concepts of applied ethics and the relation between ethics and communication (with a specific interest in film communication).

The goal of the course is that the students understand these fundamental issues of moral philosophy. At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the essential features of these discussions.

Core Documentation

FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WRITE THE PAPER (ON WHICH SEE THE SECTION "PROGRAMMA DELL'INSEGNAMENTO" AND WILL PASS THE PRE-EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE:

1. Photocopies of articles that the instructor will put on Moodle
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (the second part only)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza


FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT PASS THE PRE-EXAM
1. Article by John Searle: https://download.kataweb.it/mediaweb/pdf/espresso/scienze/1990_259_1.pdf
2. De Caro, Magni, Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori (chs. 11-18)
3. Massarenti, Stramaledettamente logico, Laterza (entire book)


Type of delivery of the course

Depending on the situation, the meetings may in person or through the internet

Type of evaluation

THE STUDENTS WHO WILL ATTEND THE COURSE (ALSO ONLINE), WILL WRITE A BRIEF PAPER AND WILL PASS A PRE-EXAM (WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF THE COURSE) MAY STUDY A REDUCED PROGRAM.