Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Program".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

[I] Introduction.

[1] The matter of Ethics. Ancient and modern Ethics.

[2] A classification of ethical theories.

[II] The foundation of morality: two rationalist approaches.

[1] Th. Hobbes. Contractarianism and its limits.

[2] I. Kant. Rationality and morality.

[III] Some classical critics to Kant’s moral philosophy.

[1] G. W. F. Hegel: “Ethical life” (Sittlichkeit) vs. Morality.

[2] A. Schopenhauer: the ethics of compassion.

[3] S. Kierkegaard: morality and decision.

[4] F. Nietzsche: life beyond morality.

[IV] Contemporary Ethics: some approaches.

[1] Intuitionism (G. E. Moore), Emotivism (Ch. L. Stevenson), Existentialism (J. P. Sartre).

[2] Communitarianism (A. MacIntyre): going back to Hegel and Aristotle.

[3] Kantian rationalism revisited: Discourse ethics (J. Habermas, K.-O. Apel).

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.