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1. To introduce the students to some basic concepts of moral philosophy and to some classical and contemporary theories of justice; 2. To improve the capacity of deliberating and arguing in public by means of classroom discussion on topics of moral theory and applied ethics.
1. Legal theory and theories of justice 2. Descriptive ethics, normative ethics and metaethics 3. Social morality and critical morality 4. Utilitarianism 5. Libertarianism 6. Kant 7. Rawls 8. Aristotle and virtue ethics 9. Liberalism and communitarianism
The course will be partly in lecture format and partly seminar-based, as classroom discussion on topics of applied ethics will be conducted. Lectures and seminars will introduce the students to some basic concepts of moral philosophy and to some classical and contemporary theories of justice, such as Aristotle and virtue ethics, Kant and deontological ethics, Bentham and utilitarianism, Rawls’s theory of justice
M. Sandel, Justice. What’s the Right Thing to Do?, London, Penguin books, 2010 (It. transl. Giustizia. Il nostro bene comune, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2010).
Lectures and seminars.
Oral exam. Specific procedures for the assessment of the learning outcomes (eg., written tests) could be arranged with the attending students.