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Lecturer(s)
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Lacca Emanuele, M.A. Ph.D.
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Course content
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To achieve the course goals, the structure of the learning blocks is organized as follows: - Week 1: Distinguishing between individual and social ethics, traditional areas and topics of social ethics - Week 2-3: The nature of Christian social ethics, the social doctrine of the Church and Catholic social thought, the distinction of these concepts - Week 4-5: Distinction between individual / person and persons / communities - Week 6-7: Study of the meaning of friendship, love, family, work, politics of Christian social ethics - Week 8-9: Friendship, love and family in Aristotle and Maritain - Week 10-11: Work and workers in the concept of Wojtyla - Week 12-13: Political community and political identity in the conception of Stein and MacIntyre The methodology of teaching is the classical 'in-class' structure. The teacher will be in charge of presenting the topics to the students, together with some core questions that the students are able to discuss them in class. Then, the teacher will guide the class to the most relevant answers about the selected topics. Those who, for valid reasons, are not able to participate in presence, will be able to attend the class through remote tools (e.g. MSTeams, Zoom, GMeet,). To reach the maximum of the goals, the compulsory literature will be given to the students at the beginning of the course and will be analyzed interactively through technological tools such as smartboards. The students will have two options to finish the course. Both options will take into account the selected bibliography of the syllabus and assigned for class-study and self-study. The deadline for the essay delivery is the week before the end of the exam period of the semester. Essay. The students will prepare an essay of 10-15 pages + bibliography (Times New Roman 12, TNR 10 for footnotes, 1.5 line spacing), to be delivered in one of the examination terms that will be announced in IS STAG system at proper time. Test. The students will perform a written test (4 open questions, max. 25 lines per question, max. 2 hours) at the faculty. The test terms will be announced in IS STAG system at proper time.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Individual tutoring
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to deepen topics in the field of family, work and politics through the historical perspective of social ethics, especially Christian. The title of the course is in particular: "Fundamentals of human society: friendly community, working community, political community", In the course we will read texts (here in alphabetical order) by: Aristotle (384-322 BC), Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025), Edith Stein (1891-1942) , Karol Wojtyla (1920-2005). To achieve the course goals, the structure of the learning blocks is organized as follows: - Week 1: Distinguishing between individual and social ethics, traditional areas and topics of social ethics - Week 2-3: The nature of Christian social ethics, the social doctrine of the Church and Catholic social thought, the distinction of these concepts - Week 4-5: Distinction between individual / person and persons / communities - Week 6-7: Study of the meaning of friendship, love, family, work, politics of Christian social ethics - Week 8-9: Friendship, love and family in Aristotle and Maritain - Week 10-11: Work and workers in the concept of Wojtyla - Week 12-13: Political community and political identity in the conception of Stein and MacIntyre
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Essay, Student performance assessment, Test
The assessment of independent study consists of a written test or a written essay, depending on the student's choice, which tests the knowledge acquired from the compulsory literature assigned for each topic.
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Recommended literature
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Aristotelés; Ross, W. D.; Ackrill, J. L.,; Urmson, J. O. The nicomachean ethics. Oxford, NY : Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-283407-X.
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MacIntyre, Alasdair C. After virtue : a study in moral theory. 2. ed., reprint. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. ISBN 0-268-00611-3.
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Maritain, Jacques. Love and Friendship. Washington, 2013. ISBN 9780982711934.
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O'Brien, David (ed.). Catholic Social Thought: Encyclicals and Documents from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis. New York, 2016. ISBN 9781626981997.
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Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Compedium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. Washington, 2005. ISBN 978574556926.
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Stein, Edith. On the Problem of Empathy. Washington, 1989. ISBN 9780935216110.
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Teichman, Jenny. Social Ethics: A Student's Guide. Hoboken, NJ, 1996. ISBN 978983298311.
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Wojtyla, Karol. On Human Work: Laborem Exercens. Liverpool, 1981. ISBN 9780819833488.
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