Modern Philosophy Themes - 1st semester
Code
711031073
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Manuel João Matos
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Analysis and commentary of the texts of the great landmarks of modern philosophy from Hobbes to Kant.
2. Acquiring a thorough and critical knowledge of the program´s authors, namely, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant, through the critical study of fundamental texts of these authors, relating them to other authors of modern philosophy.
3. Understanding the methodological and doctrinal conflicts of the leading philosophers of the modern age, through the interrelationship of the key themes of his philosophical positions.
4. Acquisition of knowledge of the most relevant issues of modern philosophy, enabling critical view of these issues in relation to ancient and medieval tradition.
5. Identification of the break points with big traditional themes, highlighting the specificity of the themes of modern philosophy over traditional.
6. Understanding of the main evolutionary lines of modern philosophy as well as the unity and continuity of its key themes.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
Ethics and Politics in Modern Philosophy from Rousseau to Kant
1. The foundations of Modern Ethics.
2. The difference and complementarity between Morality and Politics in Modern Philosophy.
3. Moral Science and Rousseau´s Politics and the modern natural right.
4. Rousseau, Kant and the principles of \"political right\".
5. Positive liberty and negative liberty: the principle of differentiation after Hobbes to Kant.
Bibliography
HABERMAS, J. (2003), Direito e Democracia, entre facticidade e validade, trad. F. B. Siebeneichler, Rio de Janeiro, Tempo Brasileiro, 2 vols.
HOBBES, T., Leviathan (1968), ed. C. B. Macpherson. London, Penguin Books.
LOCKE, J. (1970), Two Treatises of Civil Government. London, Everyman´s Library.
ROUSSEAU, J.-J. (1964), Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes , in Œuvres complètes, III, Paris, Gallimard, Pléiade.
ROUSSEAU, J.-J. (1964), Du Contrat social ou les principes du droit politique, Œuvres complètes, III, Paris, Gallimard, Pléiade.
Teaching method
The teaching methods include lectures and practical classes with the same academic weight.
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists of frequency (40%); work with oral defense in classroom (40%); continuous evaluation and participation in class (20%).