Human - Animal Studies
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to enable participants to acquire knowledge and to understand the relationship between human and non-human animals, through the reading, the commentary and the critical assessment of well-known classics of the discipline.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student
- masters a systematic and in-depth knowledge of the history of Ethics from ancient times to contemporary times, acquired through the reading of the classics and the study of secondary literature;
- has a philologically sound knowledge of the sources of the texts under analysis;
- understands the various interpretations of texts on human animal studies in different chronological, cultural and linguistic contexts;
- knows the topics taken as peculiar object in the course of the year;
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the study path, the student
- can apply the knowledge acquired in framing authors and texts historically;
- can soundly and adequately interpret ethical doctrines by relating them to their processing contexts and their respective functions;
- can apply the philosophical lexicon to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- can apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of complex texts and problems.
At the end of the course, the student
- masters a systematic and in-depth knowledge of the history of Ethics from ancient times to contemporary times, acquired through the reading of the classics and the study of secondary literature;
- has a philologically sound knowledge of the sources of the texts under analysis;
- understands the various interpretations of texts on human animal studies in different chronological, cultural and linguistic contexts;
- knows the topics taken as peculiar object in the course of the year;
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the study path, the student
- can apply the knowledge acquired in framing authors and texts historically;
- can soundly and adequately interpret ethical doctrines by relating them to their processing contexts and their respective functions;
- can apply the philosophical lexicon to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- can apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of complex texts and problems.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
A comparison between Western and Eastern vegetarianisms.
Prerequisites for admission
Students need have a solid knowledge of philosophy, as endured by the LT course; a knowledge of the English language is preferable.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Debate
Debate
Teaching Resources
To● Plutarco, Del mangiar carne. Trattati sugli animali, introduzione di Dario Del Corno, Adelphi, Milano 2001.
● Porfirio, Astinenza dagli animali, a cura di Giuseppe Girgenti e Angelo Raffaele Sodano, Bompiani, Milano 2005.
● Cinzia Pieruccini, Vegetarianismo. Come è nato e come si è diffuso in India, Editrice Bibliografica, Milano 2019.
● Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, My experiments with truth, edd. varie.
● Peter Singer, Nuova liberazione animale, trad. it. di Valeria Lucia Gili, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2024.
● Upton Sinclair, La giungla, trad. it di Mario Maffi, PGreco, Milano 2019.
● Porfirio, Astinenza dagli animali, a cura di Giuseppe Girgenti e Angelo Raffaele Sodano, Bompiani, Milano 2005.
● Cinzia Pieruccini, Vegetarianismo. Come è nato e come si è diffuso in India, Editrice Bibliografica, Milano 2019.
● Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, My experiments with truth, edd. varie.
● Peter Singer, Nuova liberazione animale, trad. it. di Valeria Lucia Gili, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2024.
● Upton Sinclair, La giungla, trad. it di Mario Maffi, PGreco, Milano 2019.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final examination consists of an oral exam. The purpose of the oral exam will be to test the knowledge and skills acquired by students in light of the course topics.
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