Externalism in moral philosophy

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Course ID:	3501-EFM19-S-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Externalism in moral philosophy
Name in Polish:	Eksternalizm w filozofii moralności
Organizational unit:	Institute of Philosophy
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective seminars general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Studenci zapisujący się na zajęcia powinni mieć za sobą podstawowy kurs etyki. Szczególnie zaproszeni są studenci, którzy w ubiegłym roku uczestniczyli w seminarium pt. Internalizm w filozofii moralności.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The seminar will explore and compare various positions in moral philosophy which operate under the banner of eksternalism.
Full description:	The seminar will explore the meta-ethical idea of externalism of reasons for action. Through the analysis of a number of texts, both classical and contemporary, dealing with this topic, the participants will work towards finding the place of this idea within the framework created by the fundamental meta-ethical debates: between cognitivism and non-cognitivism, realism and anti-realism, universalism and relativism, objectivism and subjectivism. Our reflection will aim at, on the one hand, mapping the spectrum of externalist positions, and on the other, at trying to resolve the debate between two competing interpretations of moral normativity: internalism and externalism.
Bibliography:	Anscombe, G. E. M., 1963. Intention, fragmenty Smith, M., 1994, The Moral Problem, fragmenty McDowell, J., 1995, “Might There Be External Reasons?” Scanlon, T. M., 1998, What We Owe to Each Other, fragmenty Velleman, J. D., 1996, “The Possibility of Practical Reason” Dancy, J., 2000, Practical Reality, fragmenty Finlay, S., 2007, “Responding to Normativity” Fitzpatrick, W., 2004, “Reasons, Value, and Particular Agents: Normative Relevance without Motivational Internalism” Gibbard, A., 2003, “Reasons Thick and Thin” Parfit, D., 1997, “Reason and Motivation” Setiya, K., 2004, “Against Internalism”
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge. After completing the course the student knows: - key problems and theoretical approaches in meta-ethics - the sources and the nature of the debate between internalism and externalism - the varieties of meta-ethical externalism Skills. After completing the course the student can - critically analyse current philosophical literature on the problem of normativity - identify and interpret key problems, theses, and arguments found in meta-ethical literature - formulate her or his own theoretical view on the basic meta-ethical problems, including on the debate between externalism and internalism Social competencies. After completing the course the student can: - collaborate with others in the process of analyzing philosophical texts - make good use of external criticism
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The final grade will be calculated as follows: - presence and activity in class – 40 % of the grade - oral presentation based on one of the assigned texts – 60 % of the grade

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