Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Ethics
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English,
Teaching staff
fcaballero@uic.es
Introduction
The subject of Ethics aims to familiarize the student with the most important texts and concepts of the discipline. In addition to the acquisition of this theoretical knowledge, the student will develop the ability to recognize ethical problems of the present and take a position in a clear, coherent and well-argued manner.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - To acquire the ability to understand main ideas and participate in conferences or professor led lectures in their academic context.
- 02 - To acquire the ability to understand, analyse and synthesise
- 03 - To be able to express one's ideas and arguments in an orderly and coherent way both in oral and written form (written and oral techniques)
- 04 - To turn in documents that have been formally and thoroughly prepared to high standards
- 05 - To be able to develop skills for group work
- 08 - To develop mechanisms that facilitate the adoption of ethical commitments
- 11 - To acquire skills for autonomous learning
- 12 - To be able to organise and plan
- 13 - To develop critical analysis skills
Syllabus
Introduction
Socratic ethics
Plato
Aristotle and the virtue of the political animal
Epicurus and hedonism
Antigone. Tragedy and morality
Christianity
Machiavelli and the beginning of modernity
Kant and deontological ethics
Mill and utilitarianism
Nietzsche, the critique of morality
Liberalism, ethics and the state
Rawls and the principle of equality
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The evaluation will consist of 4 parts:
Group presentation in class (20%)
Personal essay on the topic of the presentation (20%)
Final exam (50%)
Attendance and participation (10%)
Bibliography and resources
Plato, The Republic (selected passages)
Aristotle,
Politics (selected passages)
Nichomachean ethics (selected passages)
Epicurus, Letter to Menaceus
Sophocles, Antigone
Saint Thomas (selected passages)
Saint Augustine (selected passages)
Machiavelli, N. The Prince. (selected passages)
Kant, I. Grounding for the methaphysics of morals (selected passages)
Mill, J.S.
Utilitarianism (selected passages)
On freedom (selected passages)
Nietzsche, F. (selected passages)
Rawls, J. Theory of justice (selected passages)