(in Polish) Morality and Partiality

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Course ID:	3800-MP21-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:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Morality and Partiality
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:	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:	English
Type of course:	elective seminars general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) The candidates need to have completed a university course in ethics.
Short description:	Questionning the tradition which identifies morality with impartiality, the seminar will be devoted to exploring the arguments in favour of the moral value of partiality. After identifying different sources and forms of partiality present in our moral practice (love, family relations, friendship, loyalty, patriotism, etc.), we will discuss the grounds on which some of them might be justified. Our goal will be to understand the role of partiality in a healthy moral life, and perhaps to find a formula for telling good and bad partiality apart.
Full description:	Ethical thought in the West has always associated morality with impartiality, and for many philosophers morally good behaviour was simply synonymous with being impartial. The seminar will be devoted to exploring traditional and new arguments to the contrary. After identifying different sources and forms of partiality present in our moral practice (love, family relations, friendship, loyalty, patriotism, etc.), we will discuss the grounds on which some of them might be justified. Our goal will be to understand the role of partiality in a healthy moral life, and perhaps to find a formula for telling good and bad partiality apart.
Bibliography:	Bernard Gert, „Moral Impartiality”, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, XX, 1995 John Cottingham, „Partiality and the Virtues”, in: Roger Crisp, How should one live? Essays on the virtues, 1996 Neera Badhwar Kapur, „Why it is wrong to be always guided by the best: Consequentialism and friendship”, Ethics, 101, 1991 Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism a Virtue?, 1984 Thomas Nagel, Equality and Partiality, fragments, 1991 Susan Wolf, „Morality and Partiality”, Philosophical Perspectives, 1992 Brian Feltham, John Cottingham, Partiality and Impartiality: Morality, Special Relationships, and the Wider World, 2010 – selected papers: Brad Hooker, „When is Impartiality Morally Appropriate?” John Cottingham, „Impartiality and ethical formation” Samuel Scheffler, „Morality and Reasonable Partiality” Sarah Strout, „Permissible Partiality, Projects, and Plural Agency” Stephen Darwall, „Responsibility within Relations” Niko Kolodny, „Which Relationships Justify Partiality? General Considerations and Problem Cases” Simon Keller, Partiality,2013, fragments Errol Lord, „Justifying Partiality”, Ethica Theory and Moral Practice, 2016
Learning outcomes:	The student knows and understands - the main directions and some of the most important new achievements in the field of ethics, (K_W05) - selected tendencies and positions in the contemporary moral philosophy. (K_W06) The student is able to - analyze philosophical arguments, identify their premises and their theses, as well as establish the logical relations between them. (K_U03) - identify advanced argumentative strategies in written texts. (K_U04) - choose argumentative strategies, construct advanced critical arguments, respond to criticism in an innovative way. (K_U08) The student is ready to - identify the gaps in his or her knowledge and skills and look for remedies. (K_K02) - participate actively in the social and cultural life of his or her community; he or she is interested in the new philosophical ideas in their connection to other aspects of the social life and encourages others to implement them. (K_K05)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Active participation in the discussion. Preparing and giving one classroom presentation. Number of absences: 2

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