Ethics
Objectives
a) Aptness to analyze the basic concepts of human action
b) Understanding the connections between ethics and morals
c) Study some of the great \"moments\" of ethical thinking
d) Understanding the genesis, transformation and constancy of ethical values
e) Acknowledge of the complexity of the notions of person and dignity of human being
General characterization
Code
711031052
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Nuno Vieira da Rosa e Ferro
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
ARISTÓTELES, (1989), The Nicomachean Ethics, Oxford, Loeb Library.
FRANKFURT, H., (1998) The Importance of What We Care About, Cambridge: Cambridge U. P.
GEACH, P., (1956) Good and Evil, Analysis, 17, p. 32-42.
KANT, I., (2003) Crítica da Razão Prática, ed. bilingue, S.Paulo: Martins Fontes.
KANT, I., (2011) Fundamentação da Metafísica dos Costumes, S. Paulo: Martin Claret.
NAGEL, Th., (1979) Mortal Questions, Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.
PARFIT, D., (2011) On What Matters, 2 vols., Oxford: Oxford U. P.
PLATÃO, (1947) Apology, Oxford: Loeb.
ROSS, D., (2009) The Right and The Good, Oxford: ClarendonP.
SCANLON, T. M., (1998) What We Owe to Each Other, Cambridge: Belknap.
STUART MILL, J., (2015) On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, Oxford: O.U.P.
WITTGENSTEIN, L., (1965) Lecture on Ethics, Philosophical Review, 74.
WILLIAMS, B., (1981) Moral Luck, Cambridge: Cambridge U.P
Teaching method
The classes will be based on the analysis and discussion of some fundamental texts and authors in classical ethics as weel as in contemporary authors.
Evaluation method
Assessment - Proof of attendance(50%), Written work(50%)
Subject matter
Ethics and care
1. Ethics and aesthetics: notes on Samuel Butler ( Notes, The way of all flesh), Kierkegaard, Bernard Williams and H. Frankfurt);
2. Teaching ethics: the "what and the "how", in Nicomachean Ethics.
3. Care for onself and the imparcial point of view;
4. "Not me" and the Notion of volitional necessity (Harry Frankfurt).
5. Notes on conscience (from Hieronymous to Gilbert Ryle and E. Anscombe).