PROGRAMME OF EXAMINATION
5, 6, or 9 credits: At the level of the undergraduate program, with this course you can gain 5, 6 or 9 credits of Moral Philosophy (M-FIL/03), code 105454, according to the parameters of your study plan. Who needs 6 credits follows the 18 lessons of the third bimester, and who needs 5 credits also follows the lessons of the third bimester but with a somewhat reduced programme (specified below). Who needs 9 credits follows the lessons of the third (18 lessons) and of the bimester (9 other lessons).
The final exam is oral. To take the exam of 6 (or 5) credits students must expound texts equivalent to 8 (respectively 7) articles chosen from those discussed in the general part of the seminar (bibliography, part 1). The texts or (if specified) passages of text that are listed on a single author are always equivalent to one article. To take the exam of 9 credits, in addition to the programme for the examination for 6 credits, you must expound the excerpts of Hume's "Treatise" (bibliography, part 2). The examination will focus on the reconstruction of the theses and of the systematic arguments of the authors discussed.
TERM PAPERS
Those who wish to write a term paper (very old study regulations) must elaborate a critical analysis of one of the texts discussed; they can submit the paper via email to the teacher: lumer@unisi.it. The instructions for the preparation of the thesis are presented online on the teacher's web page: http://www.lumer.info/?page_id=12, at the bottom of this sub-page you click on "Come si scrive una tesina?" ("How to write a term paper?").
PROGRAMME OF THE EXAM FOR WORKING STUDENTS
Be attending the module means to participate in at least three quarters of the sessions, i.e. at least 14 sessions (of 18 of the third bimester) for 6 credits, at least 12 sessions for 5 credits, and at least 21 (of 27) sesions for 9 credits. Working students and students not attending will have to expound the same texts studied by those attending, however, two more, namely: for 6 credits: texts equivalent to 10 articles; for 5 credits: texts equivalent to 9 articles; for 9 credits: texts equivalent to 10 articles (part 1 of the bibliography) plus the excerpts of both books of Hume (bibliography, part 2). In addition, they have to study and present: for 6 or 5 credits: the indicated passages in the first two introductory books by Donatelli and Lecaldano (bibliography, part 3); for 9 credits: the indicated passages of all three texts of part 3 of the bibliography.