Philosophy and Political Science I

Code:

FILO018

Acronym:

FILCP1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FILO	86	FILO - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Understand the problem of philosophical research in the political and social fields. Analysis and interpretation of texts by philosophers under study. Recognise the importance and timeliness of the topics considered.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

Politics, from Ancient Greece to Modernity
1. Introduction
1.1. Relations between philosophy, politics, economics, morals, ideologies, religion
1.2. Core concepts: justice, freedom, authority, coercion, state
1.3 Fields: politics, political philosophy, political theology, political science
 
2. Sophists, Plato and Aristotle: the polis and its organization
2.1. The opposition between nature and law
2.2. Genesis and differentiation of political regimes
2.3.1 Virtues and weaknesses of forms of government
2.3.2 Philosophy as a political solution
 
3. Hellenism: Epicureans and Stoics
3.1 Aversion to politics and virtuous autonomy of the sage
3.2 Individualism and cosmopolitanism
3.3 Rome: the influence and presence
 
4. Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas: the Christian vision of man and the state
4.1 Spiritual power and temporal power
4.2 Authority and coercion
4.3 Divine law, natural law, positive law
 
5. Machiavelli, Erasmus, More: dawn of modernity
5.1 Auonomy of politics from moras
5.2 Pacifism and well-being: utopia comes to politics
5.4 Sovereignty and reason of state
5.5 The natural law and the theories of contract
 
6. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke: social contract and political power legitimacy
6.1 Natural law, natural law and property
6.2 Social contract and delegation of sovereignty
6.3 Religious tolerance
 
7 Montesquieu and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: the emergence of the sovereign people
7.1 Between  Enlightenment and Romanticism
7.2 The spirit of the laws
7.3 The social contract and the “general will”
7.4 Sovereignty and government

Mandatory literature

Platão; A República, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkien, 1972
Aristóteles; Política, Vega, 1998
Maquiavel; O príncipe (trad. D.P. Aurélio), Temas e Debates, Lisboa, 2008. ISBN: 978-989-644-010-7
Thomas More; Utopia. ISBN: 978-972-31-1309-9
Hobbes, Thomas; Leviatã, Imprensa Nacional casa da moeda, 1995
John Locke; Dois tratados do governo civil. ISBN: 978-972-44-1282-5
John Locke; Carta sobre a Tolerancia , Ed. 70, 2018
Montesquieu; O espírito das leis. ISBN: 85-336-0155-7
Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Contrato social

Complementary Bibliography

Chatelet, F. Duhamel, P.; Histoire des Idées Politiques, PUF, 1982
Alain Renaut; A^liberdade dos antigos. ISBN: 972-771-431-5
Alain Renaut; As^críticas da modernidade política. ISBN: 972-771-434-X
João Cardoso Rosas ; História da Filosofia Política, Editorial Presença, Lisboa, 2020. ISBN: 9789722365758
João Cardoso Rosas; Manual de filosofia política. ISBN: 978-972-40-3584-0
Touchard, Jean; História das Ideias Políticas (I,II,III), Europa-América, 1970

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes consisting of lectures, reading and discussion, with students, of the texts studied in each topic.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Philosophical anthropology
Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > Philosophy > Philosophy of law
Humanities > History > History of philosophy
Humanities > Philosophy > Ethics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance and participation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two written tests (in the middle and at the end of the semester) and oral participation. Each test 50% (being there included the 10% concerning the active participation in classes).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special exam periods and duration of “tests” adapted to particular cases of individuals eventually enrolled as students.

Classification improvement

Exam.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese.