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13034
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
7
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| Workload |
OT(5H)/S(40H)
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| Scientific area |
Philosophy
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Entry requirements |
n.a.
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Mode of delivery |
face-to-face.
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Work placements |
none.
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to encourage reflection on ethical issues associated with ecology and environmental philosophy.
At the end of the UC, students should be able to: identify the distinguishing elements of different ecologically relevant ethical paradigms; discuss the merits and limitations of each of the paradigms.
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Syllabus |
Module 1
1. Introduction to Hans Jonas: the problems of ancient ethics facing the challenges of the present; 2. Operational concepts in Hans Jonas: the phenomenon of Life (to be and ought to be), mortality and morality; nature and technology; 3. Ethics for an Age of Technology: the archetype of a new Ethics and the question of the heuristic of fear; 4. Criticism: the value of life and the issue of anthropocentrism in Hans Jonas.
Module 2
1. From ecological anthropocentrism to deep ecology. 2. from ecology to ecosophy: the proposal of Arne Naess. 3. Ecofeminist perspectives.
Module 3
In the trail of the new materialism, this module seeks to illuminate the profound link between matter and otherness as a way of instructing a practical ecological reason that overcomes anthropocentrism. A critique of the conception of matter capable of liberating its relational potency would have far-reaching consequences for the understanding and everyday life of ecological coexistence.
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Main Bibliography |
Jonas, H. (1985). The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. University of Chicago Press.
Jonas, H., Jonas, E., & Vogel, L. (2001). The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) (1st ed.). Northwestern University Press.
Jonas, H. (2001). The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity (3rd ed.). Beacon Press.
D’Eaubonne, F. (1974, 2020). Le féminisme ou la mort. Paris: Le passager clandestin.
Jonas, H. (1984). The imperative of responsability: in search of an ethics for the technological age. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Plumwood, V. (1993, 1997). Feminism and the mastery of nature. New York: Routledge.
BENNETT, J. (2010). Vibrant Matter.
BRAIDOTTI, Rosi; Bignall, Simone (edts.). Posthuman Ecologies, 2019.
MIES, Maria; SHIVA, Vandana (edts). Ecofeminism, 2nd edition, 2014.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The methodology corresponds to seminar work: there will be previous reading and study of the texts, joint and in-depth rereading of excerpts, oral presentations, critical and reflective commentary, either personal or based on secondary authors. The evaluation is done through a written work of individual research on a topic within the general scope of the Seminar, with presentation in class.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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