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17526
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Philosophy
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Entry requirements |
No.
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to enable students to:
- critically address the notions and practices that structure ethics and communication, analyzing their historical and social foundations;
- examine ethical dilemmas considering social, political, and cultural constraints; explore historical and contemporary ethical paradigms, with attention to the ethics of care and vulnerability;
- understand how communication tools and media, including social networks, shape ethical paradigms; analyze the impact of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, on communicative processes and ethical responsibilities;
- develop a reflective stance that allows acting ethically in public and professional contexts.
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Syllabus |
1) Ethical and Conceptual Foundations of Communication
Speaker and audience responsibilities, truth, interpretation, and virtue; core concepts and philosophical foundations.
2) Ethical Dilemmas in Communication
Personal, media, political, and professional responsibility; dilemmas such as manipulation, misinformation, performative discourse, and vulnerability.
3) Power, Discourse, and Regimes of Truth
Communication as an exercise of power; links between discourse, persuasion, and legitimizing regimes of truth.
4) Representation and Vulnerability
Communication of extreme experiences, testimony, and trauma; ethics of representation.
5) Contemporary Media and Emerging Technologies
Impact of media and social networks on ethical paradigms; changes driven by artificial intelligence and technical imagery.
6) Practical Application of Communicative Ethics
Integration of truth, responsibility, vulnerability, and care in ethical and professional practices.
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Main Bibliography |
ARENDT H.. Verdade e política. 1995
ARENDT H. A condição humana. 2001
ARISTÓTELES. Ética a Nicómaco. 2024
BENTHAM J. (1789). An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. 2000
BUTLER J. Quadros de guerra: quando a vida é passível de luto? 2015
DEBORD G. A Sociedade do Espectáculo. 2024
ECO U. Apocalípticos e integrados. 2015
FLUSSER V. O Universo das Imagens Técnicas. 2012
FOUCAULT M. A coragem da verdade. 2011
- A Ordem do Discurso. 1997
- “A ética do cuidado como prática de liberdade”. 2004
- “O que são as Luzes?” 2004
- “O que são as Luzes?” 2011
GILLIGAN C. Uma voz diferente. 1982
HORKHEIMER M., ADORNO Th. W. Dialética do Esclarecimento. 2006
JONAS H. O Princípio responsabilidade. 2011
KANT, I. (1785). Fundamentação da Metafísica dos Costumes. 2014.
MARCUSE, H. O homem unidimensional. 2011.
MCLUHAN, Marshall. Compreender os meios de comunicação. 2008.
MILL, J. Utilitarismo. 2005.
RANCIÈRE, J. O desentendimento. 1996.
SONTAG, S. Diante da dor dos outros. 2003.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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