20709755 - FILOSOFIA MORALE - L.M.

The teaching of Moral Philosophy is part of the formative activities characterizing cds in Philosophical Sciences. At the end of the course students will have acquired:
- a thorough knowledge of theoretical questions in the fields of ethics, moral philosophy, theory of action;
- knowledge of certain reference texts in the philosophical and political fields and of the main debates associated with them, and
secondary literature also in languages other than Italian;
- ability to focus on theoretical issues and develop arguments in the analysis of problems related to political theory and critical theory.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20709755 FILOSOFIA MORALE - L.M. in Scienze filosofiche LM-78 N0 GENTILI DARIO

Programme

States of Nature: Desire and Need from Plato to Modern Philosophy.
The course aims to consider the philosophical anthropology underlying conceptions of the state of nature in modernity. Its aim is to focus on desire and need as two different drivers of the transition from the state of nature to civil society.

Core Documentation

- Plato, The Symposium [any edition]
- T. Hobbes, Leviathan, Part One [any edition]
- D. Hume, Treatise on Human Nature, Book III. On Morals [any edition]
- K. Marx, "Forms preceding capitalist production", in Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Grundrisse) [photocopies provided by the professor]

Type of delivery of the course

The didactics includes lectures, seminars, debates and exercises in the classroom. In the case of an extension of the health emergency by COVID-19 all the provisions that regulate the way in which the didactic activities and the students' evaluation will be carried out will be implemented. In particular, the following procedure will be applied: distance learning through the University platforms.

Attendance

Class attendance is optional, although recommended.

Type of evaluation

The assessment consists of an oral examination. In the case of an extension of the health emergency by COVID-19 all the provisions that regulate the way in which the didactic activities and the students' evaluation will be carried out will be implemented. In particular, the following procedures will apply: remote oral exams through the Microsoft Teams platform.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20709755 FILOSOFIA MORALE - L.M. in Scienze filosofiche LM-78 N0 GENTILI DARIO

Programme

States of Nature: Desire and Need from Plato to Modern Philosophy.
The course aims to consider the philosophical anthropology underlying conceptions of the state of nature in modernity. Its aim is to focus on desire and need as two different drivers of the transition from the state of nature to civil society.

Core Documentation

- Plato, The Symposium [any edition]
- T. Hobbes, Leviathan, Part One [any edition]
- D. Hume, Treatise on Human Nature, Book III. On Morals [any edition]
- K. Marx, "Forms preceding capitalist production", in Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Grundrisse) [photocopies provided by the professor]

Type of delivery of the course

The didactics includes lectures, seminars, debates and exercises in the classroom. In the case of an extension of the health emergency by COVID-19 all the provisions that regulate the way in which the didactic activities and the students' evaluation will be carried out will be implemented. In particular, the following procedure will be applied: distance learning through the University platforms.

Attendance

Class attendance is optional, although recommended.

Type of evaluation

The assessment consists of an oral examination. In the case of an extension of the health emergency by COVID-19 all the provisions that regulate the way in which the didactic activities and the students' evaluation will be carried out will be implemented. In particular, the following procedures will apply: remote oral exams through the Microsoft Teams platform.