Modern Philosophy Seminar
Code: 100299 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500246 Philosophy | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2500246 Philosophy | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ana Carolina Gutierrez Xiville
- Email:
- AnaCarolina.Gutierrez@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Other comments on languages
The final essay and the written exams can be in English, Spanish or CatalanPrerequisites
It is suggested to read a histoy of Ethics, such as: Camps, V., Breve historia de la ética (vid. Bibliography).
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject consists of the study of Kant's moral philosophy based on the reading of the Foundation to the Metaphysics of Morals. The influences on Kant of previous ethical currents will also be studied with a partial reading of the Ethics Lecture that Kant taught at the University of Königsberg in the academic year 1774/75. Kant's position and his contribution to Ethics will be identified.
Competences
- Philosophy
- Analysing and summarising the main arguments of fundamental texts of philosophy in its various disciplines.
- Recognising and interpreting topics and problems of philosophy in its various disciplines.
- Recognising the philosophical implications of the scientific knowledge.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Thinking in a critical and independent manner on the basis of the specific topics, debates and problems of philosophy, both historically and conceptually.
Learning Outcomes
- Autonomously searching, selecting and processing information both from structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized magazines) and from across the network.
- Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Demonstrating a personal stance over a problem or controversy of philosophical nature, or a work of philosophical research.
- Distinguishing and analysing representative texts of the main genres of the philosophical literature.
- Documenting a philosophical issue and contrasting its sources.
- Judging the moral impact of new technological developments on humans.
- Organizing their own time and work resources: designing plans with priorities of objectives, calendars and action commitments.
- Recognising and implementing the following teamwork skills: commitment to teamwork, habit of cooperation, ability to participate in the problem solving processes.
- Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
- Summarising the topics and arguments exposed in a classical philosophical debate.
- Using suitable terminology when drawing up an academic text.
Content
The course is organized in three blocks: 1. Block 1: Introduction to Kant's ethical conception. Reference texts: Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals, ch. 1; Ethics Lecture (1774/75): "Ancient Moral Systems". 2. Block 2: Ethical theory: formulations of the categorical imperative. Reference texts: Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals, ch. 2.
3. Block 3: Freedom and the doctrine of the intelligible. Reference texts: Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals, ch. 3.
Methodology
Lectures consist of the exposition and discussion of Kant's texts. Interventions by the professor and the participating students are based on questions about the reading of the texts. The dynamics of the subject make it necessary to read the texts outside the class hours which will then be treated in the classroom. Guided activities (classroom theory classes) can be adapted, if necessary, to virtual teaching, through the various existing systems (Teams, narrated powerpoints, videos, podcasts, etc.).
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classes | 45 | 1.8 | 4, 5, 10 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Preparation of oral exposition and written essay | 22.5 | 0.9 | 1, 4, 5, 9, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Selected readings | 75 | 3 | 1, 4, 5, 10 |
Assessment
The evaluation will be based on three activities:
1) a written partial exam (weighted value = 20%);
2) a oral presentation by a group (weighted value = 20%);
3) a written work on the subject:
3.1) During the first half of the course (deadline: 11/26/2021), you must agree on the subject of the work in tutorial hours with the professor and deliver the detailed draft of the work that specifies: 1. the object or the main question, 2. a thematic index that presents the questions that will guide the research, 3. the research method to be used and 4. the bibliography (weighted draft value = 20%);
3.2) course work is delivered at the end of the course (weighted value of course work = 40%).
Each written work may be retrieved after each grade review.
On the date set by the dean's office, the exams will be retaken through a final exam, with a weighted value of 60%. To be assessable, you must take a minimum of 66% weighted assessment activities.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
The student willreceive the grade of ‘No avaluable’ as long as s/he has not completed more than 30% of the assessment activities.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final essay | 40% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 6, 7, 9, 10 |
| Methodology | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 6, 7, 9, 10 |
| Oral Presentation | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 2, 7, 8, 10 |
| Partial exam | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 5, 11, 10 |
Bibliography
Bibliography
A. Bibliographical Sources
KANT, I. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten. Ed. Kraft i D. Schönecker. Hamburg: Meiner, 20162.
KANT, I. Vorlesung zur Moralphilosophie (1774/75). Ed., comentaris, notes Werner Stark; introd. M. Kuehn. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004.
KANT, I. Moral Mrongovius II (1784/85). Gesammelte Schriften. Ed. Gerhard Lehmann. Berlín: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1980, vol. 29, pp. 597-642.
A1. Sources: e-Editions (German)
https://korpora.zim.uni-duisburg-essen.de/Kant/
https://www.online.uni-marburg.de/kant_old/webseitn/mo_kae00.htm
B. Translations
KANT, I. Fundamentación de la metafísica de las costumbres. Ed. bilingüe, trad. i comentaris J. Mardomingo. Barcelona: Ariel D.L., 1996.
KANT, I. Fundamentación de la Metafísica de las Costumbres. Trad. Manuel García Morente i C. García Trevijano; comentaris H. J. Paton; ed. Manuel Garrido. Madrid: Tecnos, 2005.
KANT, I. Fundamentación para una metafísica de las costumbres. Ed. i trad. R. Rodríguez Aramayo. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2002.
KANT, I. Fonamentació de la metafísica dels costums. Trad. Joan Leita; ed. Pere Lluís Font. Barcelona: Laia, 1984.
KANT, I. Lecciones de ética (1774/75). Introd. i notes R. Rodríguez Aramayo; trad. R. Rodríguez Aramayo i C. Roldán Panadero. Barcelona: Crítica, 2013.
KANT, I. Leccionesde filosofía moral: Mrongovius II (1784/85). Ed. bilingüe i trad. Alba Jiménez Rodríguez. Salamanca: Sígueme, 2017.
C. Kant's Biographies
Cassirer, E. Kant, vita y doctrina (Trad. Wenceslao Roces). Fondo de Cultura Economica (1948).
De Quincey, Th. Los últimos días de Emmanuel Kant (1827). Madrid: Valdemar – El Club Diógenes, 2004.
Kuehn, M. Kant: a biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
D. About Kant
ALLISON, Henry E. Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
ARANA CAÑEDO-ARGÜELLES, J. Naturaleza y libertad: Kant y la tradición racionalista. Anuario Filosófico 37(2004)3, 563–594.
COLOMER, E. El Pensamiento alemán de Kant a Heidegger. La filosofía trascendental: Kant. Barcelona: Herder, 1986, vol. 1.
IBÁÑEZ FANÉS, J. El salto ético, o por dónde empezar (Spinoza con Kant). Enrahonar: quaderns de filosofia, 36(2004) p. 81-99.
PALACIOS, J.M. El pensamiento en la acción. Estudios sobre Kant. Madrid: Caparrós Editores, 2003.
VV.AA. The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy. S. Bacin i O. Sensen (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
VV.AA. Kant on Moral Autonomy. O. Sensen (ed.).Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/UAB/detail.action?docID=1057485.
E. Generals
CAMPS, V. Breve historia de la ética. Barcelona: RBA, 2017.
CAMPS, V. (ed.). Historia de la ética. 3 volums. Barcelona: Crítica, 2000.
MACINTYRE, Alasdair, Historia de la ética. Barcelona: Paidós Ibérica, 2006.
Software
No specific software required