Folio 86P.230Belgrano University

Faculty of Humanities - Psychology - 3rd Year - Plan 2004Class: ETHICSProfessor: ?COURSE DESCRIPTION

A. OBJECTIVES:

It is expected that, in the process of teaching-learning, the student shall accomplish: Reflecting systematically about matters related to ethical-philosophical matters. To distinguish an array of discourses surrounding the theme of the course, relating these to their different relevant historical contexts.

To value the importance of thought considering the framework of an ethical notion of society.

To assume a personal stance in problems related to moral values. B. CONTENTSUNIT 1: The general mapping of the course. Considering ethics in different schools of thought regarding mankind. Differences between Morals and Ethics - Responsibility and Liberty - Relativistic Axiology UNIT 2: The ancient world - The notion of Good in Classical Greece - Christianity 2.1. Plato: Two worlds - Knowledge as the basis for morals.

2.2. Aristotle: Happiness as a good for mankind. Ethical virtues. 2.3. Christianity: God and man. Love as the destiny of man in both the world and eternity. The Church. The message - the Reign of God - justice and the notion of temporal society

UNIT 3: The modern world: the preeminence of reason and individual liberty.Immanuel Kant: Goodwill and duty - Actions with moral value - Moral Law UNIT 4: The contemporary world: Chronic aspects and new propositions.4.1. Friedrich Nietzsche: Critique of the notion of Good and its relation with reality - Will of power, imaginative reason and Perspectivism - The "I" like the "us" - Virtue and misappropriation.

4.2. Jean Paul Sartre: Critique and the technical vision of the world. Liberty and responsibility: axes of moral behavior. Man as a being that makes his or herself. The commitment. UNIT 5: Postmodernity: morals without obligation or sanction - The new challenges: responsible and irresponsible individualism. Between the duality of discourses - the possibility of intelligent ethics - Working as a builder of character - Uncertainty, estrangement of bonds and crises concerning values TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Practical work will be implemented during class in order to allow the student to reflect and have an active participation in class. Moreover, it shall be attempted that all practical work will have some relationship to present issues. The faculty foresees the utilization of diverse media to make classes more agile, combining the professor's lectures with questionnaires and bibliography destined to be debated upon (according to proper class convenience). EVALUATION CRITERIAStudents will be evaluated permanently based on the practical work performed in class, their assistance and the quality of their participation. Every student must pass a mid-term evaluation based on the general course program. The student will have passed this evaluation if he or she scores more than 7 points (7/10) this exam as well as the evaluation of the general performance during the coursework. The units or subjects that have not been evaluated in the mid-term examination will be evaluated in a final oral examination.