Contemporary Ethics
Code: 100283Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | OB | 3 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Olga Fernandez Prat
- Email :
- olga.fernandez@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
No requirement
Objectives
General objectives:
· To familiarize students with the main currents of contemporary ethics and their modern roots.
· To critically analyze the key concepts, arguments, and ethical dilemmas in recent philosophical thought.
· To enable students to apply ethical theories to current social, political, and technoscientific issues.
Specific objectives:
· To know and understand the main theories and figures of contemporary ethics.
· To analyze fundamental concepts in contemporary ethics: responsibility, vulnerability, care, etc.
· To apply ethical theoretical models to concrete cases and current debates.
· To develop skills in ethical argumentation and deliberation in both individual and collective contexts.
Learning outcomes
- CM17 (Ethically and politically assess issues related to the good life in plural societies.) Ethically and politically assess issues related to the good life in plural societies.
- CM18 (Demonstrate open-mindedness and intellectual honesty in dealing with conflicts related to justice and the good, taking into account the influence of power relations on their understanding and resolution .) Demonstrate open-mindedness and intellectual honesty in dealing with conflicts related to justice and the good, taking into account the influence of power relations on their understanding and resolution .
- CM19 (Defend ethical arguments and distinguish them from incorrect ones) Defend ethical arguments and distinguish them from incorrect ones
- KM20 (Use the appropriate concepts in the construction of thinking about ethics or political philosophy - power, justice or rights - identifying their meaning and application in contemporary debates, in addition to the historical and gender biases that influence their use.) Use the appropriate concepts in the construction of thinking about ethics or political philosophy - power, justice or rights - identifying their meaning and application in contemporary debates, in addition to the historical and gender biases that influence their use.
- KM21 (Correctly use the specific lexicon from the history of philosophy in a work on ethics or political philosophy.) Correctly use the specific lexicon from the history of philosophy in a work on ethics or political philosophy.
- KM22 (Identify the central arguments of contemporary reference texts on ethics and political philosophy, as well as their significance in addressing current social challenges.) Identify the central arguments of contemporary reference texts on ethics and political philosophy, as well as their significance in addressing current social challenges.
- SM20 (Identify the concepts and methods of the texts of the philosophical tradition in order to identify their normative assumptions, their theoretical frameworks and their argumentative strategies, as well as their relevance for the understanding of ethical and political problems throughout history) Identify the concepts and methods of the texts of the philosophical tradition in order to identify their normative assumptions, their theoretical frameworks and their argumentative strategies, as well as their relevance for the understanding of ethical and political problems throughout history
- SM21 (Establish relationships between science, philosophy, art, religion, politics in the discourse on ethics or political philosophy.) Establish relationships between science, philosophy, art, religion, politics in the discourse on ethics or political philosophy.
- SM22 (Analyse the ethical and political concepts central to the moral dilemmas of the present.) Analyse the ethical and political concepts central to the moral dilemmas of the present.
- SM23 (Present, both orally and in writing, the basic issues and problems of ethical and political theories) Present, both orally and in writing, the basic issues and problems of ethical and political theories
Contents
1. The philosophical crisis of the nineteenth century and its effect on practical philosophy
2. The construction of moral individuality: Schleiermacher, Stirner, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard.
3. Criticism of the Kantian moral imperative: Nietzsche, Guyau, Durkheim and Simmel
4. From the morals of duty to the morals of responsibility: Guyau, Simmel, Weber
5. The sociologization of morality: Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl
6. Ethics amb Fenomenology: Scheller, Sartre and Levinas
7. From ethics to politics: Arendt, Rancière, Badiou
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | 20 | 0.8 | CM18, KM21, KM22, SM21, SM23 |
| Classes, explanation of texts | 70 | 2.8 | KM22, SM20, SM21, SM22 |
| Comment, expose texts | 45 | 1.8 | CM17, CM18, CM19, KM20, KM21, KM22, SM20, SM21, SM22, SM23 |
The course methodology will based strictly on continuous and joint assessment of the subject:
1) Students will undertake comprehensive readings of seminal texts on topics related to the subject as preparation for participation in formal discussion sessions. These texts will be made available to students via the virtual campus one week before the joint discussion class.
2) The teacher will provide theoretical explanations about key points of the subject syllabus.
3) Under the teacher's supervision, the students will choose one topic from the syllabus and give a group oral presentation about it.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text comment2 | 40% | 7 | 0.28 | CM17, CM18, CM19, KM20, KM21, KM22, SM20, SM21, SM22, SM23 |
| Oral presentation in group | 40% | 6 | 0.24 | CM17, CM18, CM19, KM20, KM21, KM22, SM20, SM21, SM22, SM23 |
| Text comment1 | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | CM17, CM18, CM19, KM20, KM21, KM22, SM20, SM21, SM22, SM23 |
The evaluation process includes three activities distributed throughout the course: text commentary 1 (20%), text commentary 2 (40%), group oral presentation (40%).
The single evaluation will be a written exam consisting of three parts:
Short answer questions based on the first part of the course (40%)
Short answer questions based on the second part of the course (40%)
Text commentary (20%)
It is possible that the Philosophy Department will establish (as was done during the first semester) a concentrated period for evaluative exams. The teaching staff will indicate if this period exists or what the exam dates are at the start of each course.
Retake:
· Synthesis exam for both continuous and single evaluation.
Students will receive a “Not assessable” grade if they have not submitted more than one-third of the evaluation activities.
OBSERVATIONS
· Erasmus students who request to take an exam early must present the professor with a written document from their home university justifying their request.
· If a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant change in the grade of an evaluation activity, that activity will be graded as 0, regardless of any disciplinary process that may be initiated. If multiple irregularities occur in evaluation activities for the same subject, the final grade for that subject will be 0.
· In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed in any phase. Any work that includes AI-generated fragments will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in the activity being graded 0 without the possibility of recovery, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
Bibliography
Bergson, H. Las dos fuentes de la moral , Madrid, Tecnos,
Feuerbach, L. Manifestos Antropológicos,
Guyau, J-M. Esbozo de una moral sin obligación ni sanción, ed. Descontrol, Barcelona, 2015.
Guyau, J-M. Esquisse d'une morale sans obligation ni sanction, Payot, Paris, 2012..
Kierkegaard, S. Las obras del amor, Sígueme, Salamanca, 2006.
Kropotkin, P. Ètica, Júcar, Avilés, 1976.
Nietzsche, F. Genealogia de la moral , Madrid, Alianza,
Schleiermacher, Monólogos, Barcelona, Anthropos,
Schopenhauer, A. Los dos problemas fundamentales de la ética, Madrid, SigloXXI, 2002.
Simmel, G. La ley individual, Paidós, Barcelona, 2005.
Stirner, El único y su propiedad.
Bibliografía complementaria:
Andolfi, F. La ética de Schleiermacher,
Brentano, F, Las razones del desaliento en la filosofía, Madrid, Encuentro, 2010.
Brentano, F. El porvenir de la filosofía, Salamanca, Encuentro, …
Freuler, L, La crise de la philosophie au XIX siècle, Vrin, Paris, 1997.
Lipovetski, G. El ocaso del deber, Barcelona, Anagrama,
Löwith, K. de Hegel a Nietzsche,
Riba, J. “Hijos de Kant” Intrducción a Simmel, G. La Ley individual, Barcelona, Paidós, 2005.
Simmel, G. Las dos formas del individualismo, en Simmel, G. La Ley individual, Barcelona, Paidós, 2005.
Software
no program required
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |