Unit MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- Course
- Philosophy and ethics of relationships
- Study-unit Code
- GP005042
- Curriculum
- Filosofia e storia
- Teacher
- Massimo Borghesi
- Teachers
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- Massimo Borghesi
- Hours
- 72 ore - Massimo Borghesi
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Istituzioni di filosofia
- Academic discipline
- M-FIL/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Romanticism and secularization. The metamorphosis of morality in the second modernity
- Reference texts
- M. Borghesi, Critica della teologia politica. Da Agostino a Peterson: la fine dell'era costantiniana, Marietti, Milano-Genova 2013
M. Borghesi, Il male necessario. L'etica del superuomo nel manicheismo romantico, Orthotes, Napoli-Salerno 2024
M. Borghesi, La terza età del mondo. L'utopia della seconda modernità, Studium, Roma 2020
M. Borghesi, Ateismo e modernità. Il dibattito nel pensiero cattolico italo-francese, Jaca Book, Milano 2019 - Educational objectives
- The student must acquire critical awareness of the main argumentative articulations characterizing the evolution of moral philosophy and the thematic areas addressed by the course. It is expected: the acquisition of the philosophical contents of the discipline and the methodology of reading and interpretation of philosophical texts; the development of the ability of elaborative-critical and interpretative orientation.
- Prerequisites
- None
- Teaching methods
- LECTURES
- Other information
- Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended
- Learning verification modality
- Final oral exam
- Extended program
- The course deals with the modern evolution of some questions of moral character through the consideration of the relationship between romanticism and secularization. The course intends to follow the historical development of these two notions, paying particular attention to their connection with the theme of evil.