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.

The educational objectives of the course (according to the Dublin descriptors) are the following:

Knowledge and understanding
the critical understanding of the main concepts of philosophical ethics, both in their historical development and in the theoretical dimension and in connections with other disciplines and research fields (psychology, human sciences, education sciences, artistic disciplines). For this reason the course aims to: 1. Retrace the salient moments and prominent figures for the development of ethical reflection; 2. Analyze the main concepts of ethics: moral experience, conscience, freedom, virtue, law.

Ability to apply knowledge:
-ability to use bibliographic tools and reference works for understanding texts of moral philosophy;
-ability to apply text reading methods.

Autonomy of judgment
-ability to formulate a reasoned judgment on questions of moral philosophy;
-establish relationship between ethics and educational sciences; identify the ethical principles that characterize the autonomy and responsibility in professional and social life.

Acquisition of communication skills
-practicing philosophical discussion as an exercise of respectful dialogue and critical argumentation.

Learning skills
-possess an adequate analysis methodology, using the tools of scientific research.