Unit MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- Course
- Philosophy and psychological science and techniques
- Study-unit Code
- 40A00027
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Serena Meattini
- Teachers
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- Serena Meattini
- Hours
- 36 ore - Serena Meattini
- CFU
- 5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Sector
- M-FIL/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Etiche normative
- Reference texts
- 1) 1) M. De Caro-S. F. Magni -M. S. Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori, Milano 2025 (chapters indicated by the professor during lectures);
2) J. S. Mill, L’utilitarismo, Libri dell’Arco, 2025 (chapters indicated by the professor during lectures);
3) I. Kant,Fondazione della metafisica dei costumi, testo tedesco a fronte, a cura di V. Mathieu, Bompiani, 2003 (chapters indicated by the professor during lectures);
4) B. Williams, L’etica e i limiti della filosofia, Mimesis 2022 (chapters indicated by the professor during lectures).
Lecture materials uploaded on Unistudium - Educational objectives
- Critical awareness of the main points of argument characterizing the evolution of moral philosophy and of the thematic areas in which the ethical debate is oriented. 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
- Not required
- Teaching methods
- Class lectures, seminars
- Other information
- The frequency of the lectures is not compulsory but highly recommended as well as a condition for access to the test in progress that precedes the final exam. The detailed program and additional information (reference texts and readings proposed during the lectures) can be found in the portal Unistudium (https///www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/).
- Learning verification modality
- The course of the exam will be in written form, through an online test. The test will be as follows: comments to the text of four passages taken from the books in the program: Utilitarism; Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals; Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy.
The maximum time available is 60 minutes. The main subject of assessment concerns the acquisition of critical capacity, the levels of knowledge and understanding regarding the theoretical and methodological content illustrated during the course of the lectures. The assessment of the skills acquired during the examination is measured in thirtieth. During the course there is the possibility of optional tests in progress, the methods of which will be made known by the teacher during the lectures and by publishing notices on the page Unistudium course. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit http://www.unipg.it/disab-e-dsa In the event that the student intends to advance the exam in a year prior to that planned in the study plan, it is recommended to attend the cycle of lessons and take the exam in the first useful appeal after the lessons themselves are finished, in compliance with the teaching planning semester. - Extended program
- The course aims to provide an introduction to the study of moral philosophy, presenting its main categories and areas of inquiry, with reference to the textbook Le sfide dell’etica by De Caro, Magni, and Vaccarezza. In particular, the course will examine normative ethics in depth, offering an overview of the major ethical paradigms. Subsequently, selected passages from the texts included in the syllabus will be read and discussed: Utilitarianism by Mill, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy.