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Belgrano University
Faculty of Humanities - Psychology - 3rd Year - Plan 2004
Class: ETHICS
Professor: ?
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A. OBJECTIVES:
It is expected that, in the process of teaching-learning, the student shall
accomplish:
Reflecting systematically about matters related to ethicalphilosophical 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. CONTENTS
UNIT 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 CRITERIA
Students 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.