HISTORY OF MORAL DOCTRINES

Enrollment year

2015/2016

Academic year

2016/2017

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

M-FIL/03 (MORAL PHILOSOPHY)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

Course

PHILOSOPHY

Curriculum

PERCORSO COMUNE

Year of study

2°

Period

2nd semester (27/02/2017 - 01/06/2017)

ECTS

Lesson hours

36 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

ORAL TEST

Teacher

MAGNI SERGIO FILIPPO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Prerequisites

The students need to have passed the exam of moral philosophy

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the main ethical theories in the history of the western philosophy

Course contents

Title:
Hume, morality and free will.
The course aims to discuss the view of one of the most important XVIII century philosopher, David Hume, about the problems of the foundation of morality, free will and moral responsibility

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures

Reccomended or required readings

D. Hume, Ricerca sui principi della morale, e Un dialogo, in D. Hume, Opere filosofiche vol. 2, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.
D. Hume, Ricerche sull’intelletto umano, in D. Hume, Opere filosofiche vol. 2, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008, (sezioni 7-8).
S.F. Magni, Teorie della libertà. La discussione contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2005.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Further information

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