Political and Moral Philosophy: The Problem of Evil before and after Auschwitz
| Title | Πολιτική και ηθική φιλοσοφία: Το πρόβλημα του κακού: πριν και μετά το Auschwitz / Political and Moral Philosophy: The Problem of Evil before and after Auschwitz |
| Code | ΜΗΦ 101 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Dionysios Drosos |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016181 |
Programme of Study: Philosophy: Texts, Interpretations, Practices
Registered students: 17
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istoría tīs Filosofías | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Politikī, Īthikī, Díkaio | Elective Courses beloging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600158541
|
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600158541
Learning Outcomes
Understanding the distinction of personal from political ethics.
Learning of the fundamental philosophical approaches to the problem of evil.
Sensibilization on the originality of the problem of evil after the experience of the Holocaust, as a challenge to philosophy, theology, psychology, and law.
General Competences
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. The problem of Evil before the religions of the Bible
2. The question of free will and free agency
3. St Paul, St Augustine
4. Immanuel Kant: Radical Evil
5. Evil and human agency: collective evildoing
6. Genocide: moral and political aspects
7. The uniqueness of the Shoah
8. The banality of evil
9. Understanding Evil after the Shoah. New challenges for Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, and Law
Keywords
Evil, Theodicy, Freedom of Will, Radical Evil, Banality of Evil, Shoah, St Augustine, I.Kant, Hannah Arendt
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Use of PowerPoint in Course Teaching
Use documentary footage
Projection and analysis of movies
Use of internet in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | 30 | 1.2 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 50 | 2 | |||
| Project | 10 | 0.4 | |||
| Written assigments | 50 | 2 | |||
| Total | 140 | 5.6 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
(δεν δίδονται βιβλία από τον Εύδοξο)
Additional bibliography for study
Αυγουστίνος: Εξομολογήσεις ,τομ.Α-Β, Πατάκης, Αθήνα 1999
Alain Badiou: Η ηθική. Δοκίμιο για τη συνείδηση του Κακού. Scripta 1998
Jean François Mattéi: Η εσωτερική βαρβαρότητα. Δοκίμιο για τη σύγχρονη ακοσμία. Αρμός 1999
René Girard: Εθεώρουν τον σατανάν ως αστραπήν... Εξάντας 2002
Max Scheler: Ο μνησίκακος άνθρωπος. Ίνδικτος 2002
Paul Ricoeur: Το κακό. Μια πρόκληση για τη φιλοσοφία και τη θεολογία. Πόλις 2005
Θάνος Λίποβατς: Η απατηλή σαγήνη και η διαβρωτική βία του κακού. Πόλις 2012
Immanuel Kant: “Η αποτυχία όλων των φιλοσοφικών προσπαθειών στη θεοδικία”, Δοκίμια. Δωδώνη 1971
Immanuel Kant: Η Θρησκεία εντός των ορίων του λόγου και μόνο. Πόλις 2007
Hannah Arendt: Ο Eichmann στην Ιερουσαλήμ. Μια έκθεση για την κοινοτοπία του κακού. Νησίδες 2009.
Hannah Arendt: Οι απαρχές του ολοκληρωτισμού. 3 Τόμοι. Νησίδες, 2017
Nathalie Zaltzman: Το πνεύμα του κακού. Νησίδες, 2018
Bergen, Bernard J.: Hannah Arendt and "The Final Solution". Rowman & Littlefield 1998
Hannah Arendt: Responsibility and Judgment. Schocken Books, 2005
Richard Bernstein: Radical Evil. A Philosophical Interogation. Polity 2002
Ruth W. Grant: Naming Evil. Judging Evil. Chicago 2006
Simon Baron-Cohen: The Science of Evil. On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty. Basic Books 2011
Terry Eagleton: On Evil. Yale 2010
Susan Neiman: Evil in Modern Thought. Princeton 2004
Mark Larrimore (ed): The Problem of Evil. Blackwell 2001
Last Update
23-05-2020
