Ethics and Political Philosophy I

Code:

MFIL036

Acronym:

EFP_I

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	12	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Reflect on the concepts of ethics and politics

2. Discover the relationship between these concepts

3. Recognizing the complexity from the problem raised

4. Contact the issues and tasks of contemporary ethics

 

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Learning outcomes and competences

1- This course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of Ethics and Politics
2 - Understand the conceptual framework that underlies the contemporary discussions on Ethics and Politics
3. Develop a critical awareness of its leading current debates and main topics.

Working method

Presencial

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

Program

1.On contemporary ethics
1.1 The "Political" in philosophy: delimitation of the notion political field
1.2. The rationality of human behavior and political choices. 
2- . Scope and current theories in Ethics and Political Philosophy 
2.1.The communicative-discursive ethics. (J. Habermas)
2.2. The evil as the absence of thought and totalitarianism as radical evil (Hannah Arendt)
 2.3.The well as rationality and justice as well (J. Rawls)

Mandatory literature

ARANGUREN, José Luís; Ética y Política, Guadarrama, 1968
ARAÚJO, Luís de; ÉTICA, Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 2010
ARAÚJO, Luís de; Sob o Signo da Ética, Granito, 2000
Alain; L'Étique, Essai sur la Conscience du Mal, Hatier, 1995
Apel, Karl-Otto; ;Ética e Responsabilidade , Piaget, 2007
Arendt, H.;; Homens em Tempos Sombrios , Relógio D'Água, 1991
Arendt, H.;; Compreensão e Política e Outros Ensaios, Relógio D'Água, 2001
Arendt, H; Considérations Morales, Payot et Rivages, , 1996
Arendt, Hannah; A Condição Humana, Relógio d'Água, 2001
Habermas, Jürgen ; The Theory of Communicative Action. , Cambridge: Polity Press, 1984
Rawls, J.; Teoria da Justiça, Editorial Presença, 1993
Resweber, Jean-Paul; Le Questionnement Ethique , Prosopon, 2005
Singer, Peter;; Como havemos de Viver? - a Ética numa Época de Individualismo, , , Dinalivro, 2006
SPERBER, Monique Canto (Dir.); Dictionnaire d'Éthique et de Philosophie Morale, PUF, 1996

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methodologies (including evaluation): It will be followed a theoretical approach to syllabus, text analysis, presentations and debates based uponindependent research, individually as well as in groups, either way under tutoring relating to a suggested subject.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Ethics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	130,00
Frequência das aulas	58,00
Trabalho de investigação	82,00
Total:	270,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation and assiduity (20%),individual paper (60%) and its presentation (20%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non applicable

Internship work/project

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to present regulations.

Classification improvement

Observations