THEORY OF ETHICS AND POLITICS mutuato
TEORIE DELLA MORALE E DELLA POLITICA
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| 2017/2018 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Daniela Bostrenghi | Refer to information reported at the following link: distum.uniurb.it. Changes will be reported on the news board at Palazzo Albani, via T. Viti, 10 (telephone: 0722 33705). |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course will focus on a theoretical investigation of the main ethical and political implications of all the arguments that will be addressed. The objective is to acquire technical language and enhancing reading, comprehension and commentating abilities of philosophical material. The student will acquire the knowledge useful to deal with fundamental conceptual conundrums.
Program
During the commemoration of Thomas Hobbes 430th birth anniversary (Westport, 1588 – Hardwick 1679), the course will concentrate on the first and second part of the Leviathan. In this book, the English philosopher provides the reader, aided by the geometrical method, with an extraordinary example of science theory and political doctrine. The book will be examined and commentated, with an emphasis on the problems of knowledge and on the mechanisms of language production. Further attention will be paid to the role of passions within the materialistic anthropology described by Hobbes. Finally, the course will focus on an analysis of the state of nature and to the recognition of the fundamental characters of civil law, that, for Hobbes, originates in the “mortal god”, i.e. the absolute sovereignty.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding:
The graduates must be able to:
comprehend and illustrate elementary and intermediate philosophical material; deal with classical problems from history and theory of philosophy, ethics and politics; use bibliographical and informational instruments that are relevant to the subject; know the problems of the subject with critical regard.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
It is expected an active collaboration with both the permanent seminar "Spinoza e il pensiero filosofico moderno" and the course in History of Philosophy (professor Cristina Santinelli). Professor Lorenzo Vinciguerra (Visiting Professor Université de Picardie - France) will also hold an in-depth seminar on the topics related to the course.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures and seminars.
- Attendance
It is required a regular attendance to the course (equal to AT LEAST 2/3 of the lectures). If the student does not attend to the course, he must refer, for the course material, to the "NO attendance" section.
- Course books
A. Philosophical material
- Th. Hobbes, Il Leviatano, a cura di A. Pacchi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1989 sgg., Parte I e II.
It is also strongly advised to consult Italian translation with English text in front and Latin text in note by R. Santi, Bompiani, Milano 2001 sgg.
B. Critical material
AT LEAST ONE of the following:
· N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes, Einaudi,Torino 2004 (prima ed. 1989).
· R. Bodei, Geometria delle passioni. Paura, speranza, felicità: filosofia e uso politico, Feltrinelli, Milano 1991 sgg., in part. Parte I, pp. 57-175.
· F. Cerrato, Un secolo di passioni e politica. Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, DeriveApprodi, Roma 2012.
Further references will be provided during the course.
- Assessment
It is required a regular attendance to the course (equal to AT LEAST 2/3 of the lectures). If the student does not attend to the course, he must refer, for the course material, to the "NO attendance" section.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Attendance
It is required that the student makes contact with the lecturer AT LEAST two months in advance.
- Course books
All the material reported at point (A) and (B) in the section “course material” plus the following (C):
- A. Pacchi, Introduzione a Hobbes, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1971 sgg.
- Assessment
Oral exam on all the material at point (A), (B) and (C). Optional essay which has to be agreed upon with the lecturer in advance.
The evaluation criteria for the examination will be the following:
- Relevance and effectiveness of the responses with reference to the contents of the course’s program;
- Complexity of the responses;
- Adequacy of the technical language of the discipline.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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