The priority objective of the course is to encourage the consideration on the moral experience, that means on the ethical quality of the human action, naturally oriented to the happiness.
Moral is not only an art to happily live but it's the art to discover that happiness which is worth of man that is worth of his humanity. In this perspective, it's central the notion of virtue, elaborated from the classical ethics and reproposed in contemporary age. virtue is the personal quality that allows to give the best of oneself and to establish relationship in an equilibrated way, that is according to reason, with the world and with the others.
Moral is not only an art to happily live but it's the art to discover that happiness which is worth of man that is worth of his humanity. In this perspective, it's central the notion of virtue, elaborated from the classical ethics and reproposed in contemporary age. virtue is the personal quality that allows to give the best of oneself and to establish relationship in an equilibrated way, that is according to reason, with the world and with the others.
teacher profile teaching materials
a) Moral, ethos, ethics, metaethics: terminological clarifications
b) Man as a moral subject and the pursuit of happiness
c) Being free: what does this mean?
2. Monographic Part
a) The notion of virtue and its rediscovery in contemporary philosophy
b) Moral questions through literature
c) Education and virtue
P. RICCI SINDONI, L'altro, Messaggero, Padova 2016
Bibliography online
Programme
1. General parta) Moral, ethos, ethics, metaethics: terminological clarifications
b) Man as a moral subject and the pursuit of happiness
c) Being free: what does this mean?
2. Monographic Part
a) The notion of virtue and its rediscovery in contemporary philosophy
b) Moral questions through literature
c) Education and virtue
Core Documentation
M.T. RUSSO-L.VALERA, Invito al ben-essere, Aracne, Roma 2015P. RICCI SINDONI, L'altro, Messaggero, Padova 2016
Bibliography online
Type of delivery of the course
-Frontal lessons - Individual and group exercises - Case analysis -Watching moviesType of evaluation
The exam consists of two or three written tests: one or two in the middle of the course and one at the end, consisting of 10 questions (open questions, closed questions and definitions). The final grade will be awarded out of thirty, according to the marks obtained in the tests. The evaluation of the student’s group works will be considered seriously and will be added a 10% to the final score.