Ethics II

Code:

FILO008

Acronym:

ETI2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2025/2026 - 2S

Active?	Yes
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	0	FILO - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. . To deepen the analysis of some of the great milestones of the philosophical tradition of modern ethics.
2. Discern the contemporary positioning of essential ethical issues.
3. To relate the problems of philosophical ethics to problems of contemporary society.

4. Debate essential issues in the field of practical ethics.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should reach a profound level of autonomy in critical thinking.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Essential Questions in Contemporary Ethics

1.1. Critical questioning of the modern ideal of a universal and rational morality.
1.2. Ethics of responsibility versus ethics of conviction.
1.2.1. Painless and Minimalist Ethics 
1.2.2. Minimum ethics 


2. Ethics Practice: new sources of ethical evaluation of human action
2.1. Ethics and Politics
2.1.2. Modes of articulation between Ethics and Politics
2.1.3. Ethics as critics of ideologies
2.1.4. Ethics and the ideal of justice


2.2. Ethics and Science
2.2.1 Ethics and technology
2.2.2. Ecology and Ethics
2.2.3. Bioethics: meaning and importance

Mandatory literature

ARAÚJO, Luís de ; ÉTICA, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2010
BOURKE, Vernon; Histoire de la Morale, Cerf, 1970
CAMPS, Victoria (Org.); Historia de la Ética, Edit. Crítica, 1989
CAMPS, Victoria; Breve História da Ética, RBA, 2013
Cortina Orts Adela 1947-; Ética de la razón cordial. ISBN: 978-84-8459-179-5
Cortina Orts Adela 1947-; Ética mínima. ISBN: 84-309-1316-5
Habermas Jurgen 1929-; O^futuro da natureza humana. ISBN: 972-40-2703-1
Lipovetsky, Gilles ; O Crepúsculo do Dever, Dom Quixote, 2010. ISBN: 9789722040686
OGIEN, Ruwen; L´´Ethique aujourd'hui, Gallimard, 2007
RUSS, Jacqueline; La Pensée Éthique Contemporaine, PUF, 1995
VÁRIOS AUTORES; Concepciones de la Ética, Edit. Trotta, 1992
VV. AA. ; História Crítica da Filosofia Moral e Política, Edt. Verbo, 2005

Complementary Bibliography

A indicar pelo docente ao longo do curso.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes - Lectures on the programmed themes, encouraging the participation of students; Critical approach and discussion of course unit contents based on philosophical texts analyses.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Ethics
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
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

n/a

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation (10%) + final written exam (90%).

This form of evaluation may be combined with an optional research paper, according to rules and conditions previously clarified by the teacher and present in the documents of the u.c .; in this case, research work (40%), final exam (50%) and participation in classes. (10%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Only by Final Exam (100%) to occur until the «época de recurso» of the academic year subsequent to the one in which it was approved.