Admission requirements
Good comprehension of English will be required.
Toehoorders / à la carte-studenten hebben alleen toegang tot deze cursus met toestemming van de docent.
Description
This seminar aims to achieve two things: firstly, it offers a systematic reading of Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and discusses its take on issues of moral normativity, practical reason, and autonomy.
Secondly, we will see how Kantian themes and arguments resonate in contemporary discussions in practical philosophy and take a look at authors as diverse as John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas, Christine Korsgaard and David Velleman, Stephen Darwall, Thomas Scanlon and Michael Smith.
Course objectives
Course objectives will be posted on Blackboard by the start of the course.
Timetable
Thursday, 9:00-12:00
See Collegeroosters Wijsbegeerte 2011-2012 , BA Wijsbegeerte (BA Plus-traject of Standaardtraject)
See Timetables Philosophy 2011-2012 , Timetable Undergraduate Courses in English
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Paper and oral presenattion.
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
A copy of Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Moral should be bought. Acceptable editions must contain the page numbers of the so-called “Akademie-Ausgabe”, the standard German edition of Kant’s works. The volume “Practical Philosophy” from the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant is preferred.
Other literature will be made available on Blackboard.
Registration
Please register for this course on uSis.
Exchange students and Study Abroad students, please see the Study in Leiden website for information on how to apply.
Aanmelden à la carte en contractonderwijs
Aanmelden voor Contractonderwijs via: e.klumper@phil.leidenuniv.nl
Na aanmelding ook inschrijven voor cursus en tentamen(s) via uSis
Contact information
Remarks
Specialisaties (BA Wijsbegeerte): Ethiek en Politieke filosofie, Geschiedenis van de filosofie