Università Roma Tre

The course will present and discuss some fundamental questions of contemporary moral philosophy. The course is divided into four parts, respectively focusing on themes in (1) moral psychology (investigating how people make moral decisions and judgments); (2) ethics (investigating what ought to be done from a moral point of view); applied ethics (investigating how general moral principles ought to be applied to specific areas of practical life); (4) metaethics (investigating the nature and meaning of moral belies and values).
Among the themes that will be discussed: free will and moral responsibility, moral luck, objectivism and relativism of morals, normativity, end of life issues. The goal of the course is that students learn to easily navigate the contemporary debate in moral philosophy, gaining an in-depth knowledge of some of its most important topics and methods.

Written exam, please check "Moodle-Annunci" for info and get in touch with the instructor in case of doubts
FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE COURSE, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
1. J. Wolff (2020), An Introduction to Moral Philosophy, W. W. Norton & Company (only the parts indicated by the instructor)
2. H. Frankfurt (1969), "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility", The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 66, No. 23 (Dec. 4, 1969), pp. 829-839
https://doi.org/10.2307/2023833
3. T. Nagel (1979), "Moral luck", available in Nagel, Thomas, 1979, Mortal Questions, New York: Cambridge University Press
4. P. Foot, "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect" in Virtues and Vices (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978) (originally appeared in the Oxford Review, Number 5, 1967.)

Written exam, please check "Moodle-Annunci" for info and get in touch with the instructor in case of doubts
FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE COURSE, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
1. J. Wolff (2020), An Introduction to Moral Philosophy, W. W. Norton & Company.
2. H. Frankfurt (1969), "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility", The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 66, No. 23 (Dec. 4, 1969), pp. 829-839
3. T. Nagel (1979), "Moral luck", available in Nagel, Thomas, 1979, Mortal Questions, New York: Cambridge University Press
4. P. Foot, "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect" in Virtues and Vices (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978) (originally appeared in the Oxford Review, Number 5, 1967.)