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1. General information

Course:

PROBLEMS OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY

Code:

44329

Type:

CORE COURSE

ECTS credits:

6

Degree:

375 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HUMANITIES AND HERITAGE

Academic year:

2023-24

Center:

502 - FACULTY OF HUMANITIES IN TOLEDO

Group(s):

40

Year:

4

Duration:

C2

Main language:

Spanish

Second language:

Spanish

Use of additional languages:

English Friendly:

Y

Web site:

Bilingual:

N

Lecturer: GERARDO LOPEZ SASTRE - Group(s): 40

Building/Office

Department

Phone number

Email

Office hours

Edificio Padilla, Despacho 7

FILOSOFÍA, ANTROPOL, SOCIOL Y ESTÉTICA

+34926051549

gerardo.lopez@uclm.es

2. Pre-Requisites

Not established

3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession

Not established

4. Degree competences achieved in this course

Course competences
Code	Description
E01	Interpret the evolution of human societies in a diachronic perspective, taking into account the importance of historical change.
E03	Interpret and analyze critically present situations from their historical origins.
E21	Learn to decipher what is understood in the everyday use of the language.
E24	Be able to analyze the logical features of an argument and construct formally correct and materially adequate arguments.
E25	Be able to apply abstract concepts to concrete situations, identify the theoretical, normative and ideological assumptions of any discourse.
E26	Be able to develop an articulated speech around ethical and political values while cultivating self-critical habits.
E27	Be able to interpret the codes and values of cultures through their several manifestations and at their different levels.
E28	Apply the basic theoretical concepts of anthropological, philosophical and psychological knowledge, identifying and placing in their temporal context the main schools and authors of the tradition of these disciplines.
E29	Encourage a critical reflection on the value of intercultural dialogue in multicultural societies.
G03	Correct oral and written communication.
G04	Ethical commitment and professional ethics.
G05	Possess and understand knowledge in Humanities at a higher level, including some cutting edge knowledge in the different fields of study within the Degree.
G06	Know how to apply acquired knowledge in a practical way and, eventually, to a job or vocation in a professional manner.
G07	Be able to develop and defend arguments and solve problems within the Humanities and Heritage field.
G08	Have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
G09	Know how to read, understand, critically analyze and synthesize texts from the Humanities and Heritage field, integrating them into a speech of their own.
G10	Ability to write a monograph, undertake field work or perform basic empirical study, using the methodological criteria of the disciplines of the Degree.
G11	Be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
G12	Develop those skills neeeded to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
G14	Relate the generalist approach of the different areas of knowledge of the degree with the specialized framework in the field of vocational guidance.
G15	Know, understand and interpret social and cultural diversity while respecting equality of opportunity among all human beings, valuing freedom, tolerance and the culture of peace.
G16	Open to approaches where paradoxes and human contradictions are transformed into necessarily complementary forces.
G17	Develop the ability to overcome stereotyped relationships and interpretations.

5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes

Course learning outcomes
Description
Know the philosophical ideas that we can trace as precedents of our current theories of human rights, and the current debates about the possible foundation of the latter.
Know the philosophical dimension of the different feminist theories (Equality feminism, Difference feminism , etc.).
Ability to analyze the arguments determining their consistency or inconsistency, their relevance, the eventual use of fallacies, and other logical features that characterize them from the point of view of their rational acceptability.
Know the different models of democracy, the conceptions of human nature that underlie them and the arguments that support them.
Ability to analyze all those public and everyday life debates in which philosophical assumptions are present.
Know the different philosophical theories about the conditions of legitimacy of wars, and about the desirability and possibility of establishing a permanent peace situation.
Additional outcomes
Not established.

6. Units / Contents

Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Unit 6:

7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology

Training Activity	Methodology	Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021)	ECTS	Hours	As	Com	Description
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E24 E25 G05	1.56	39	Y	N
In-class Debates and forums [ON-SITE]	Workshops and Seminars	E24 E25 E26	0.6	15	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles	E25 G03 G09	1.2	30	Y	Y
Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE]	Self-study	G06	2.4	60	Y	Y
Final test [ON-SITE]	Assessment tests	E25	0.08	2	Y	N
Group tutoring sessions [ON-SITE]	Cooperative / Collaborative Learning	E01 E03 E21 E24 E25 E26 E27 E28 E29 G03 G04 G05 G06 G07 G08 G09 G10 G11 G12 G14 G15 G16 G17	0.08	2	Y	N
Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE]	Guided or supervised work	E01 E03 E21 E24 E25 E26 E27 E28 E29 G03 G04 G05 G06 G07 G08 G09 G10 G11 G12 G14 G15 G16 G17	0.08	2	Y	N
Total:			6	150
Total credits of in-class work: 2.4			Total class time hours: 60
Total credits of out of class work: 3.6			Total hours of out of class work: 90

As: Assessable training activity
Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).

8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System

Evaluation System	Continuous assessment	Non-continuous evaluation *	Description
Theoretical papers assessment	30.00%	30.00%
Assessment of active participation	20.00%	20.00%
Practicum and practical activities reports assessment	20.00%	20.00%
Final test	30.00%	30.00%
Total:	100.00%	100.00%

According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).

Evaluation criteria for the final exam:

Continuous assessment:

Evaluation criteria not defined
Non-continuous evaluation:

Evaluation criteria not defined

Specifications for the resit/retake exam:

Evaluation criteria not defined

Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:

Evaluation criteria not defined

9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates

Not related to the syllabus/contents
Hours	hours
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles]	30
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study]	60
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests]	2
Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning]	2
Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work]	2

Unit 1 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	9

Unit 2 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
In-class Debates and forums [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars]	4

Unit 3 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
In-class Debates and forums [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars]	2

Unit 4 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
In-class Debates and forums [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars]	4

Unit 5 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
In-class Debates and forums [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars]	3

Unit 6 (de 6):
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
In-class Debates and forums [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars]	2

Global activity
Activities	hours

10. Bibliography and Sources

Author(s)	Title	Citv	Publishing house	ISBN	Year	Link
C. B. Macpherson	La democracia liberal y su época	Madrid	Alianza Ed.		2003
El sometimiento de la mujer	John Stuart Mill	Madrid	Alianza Ed.		2010
Gerardo López Sastre	"National Prejudice and Religion in the Toleration Debate between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda"	Nueva York	St. Martin's Press		1999
Gerardo López Sastre	¿En qué reposa la moralidad? Una respuesta desde una perspectiva intercultural.	Buenos Aires	Prometeo		2008
John Stuart Mill	Consideraciones sobre el gobierno representativo	Madrid	Alianza Ed.		2002
John Stuart Mill	Sobre la libertad	Madrid	Alianza Ed.		2012
Jonathan Haidt	The Righteous Mind. Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion	London	Penguin	978-0-141-03916-9	2012
Joshua Greene	Moral tribes. Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them	New York	Penguin	978-0-14-312605-8	2014
Leslie Stevenson y David L. Haberman	Diez teorías de la naturaleza humana	Madrid	Cátedra		2009
Michael J. Sandel	Justicia. ¿Hacemos lo que debemos?	Barcelona	Debolsillo	978-84-9989-414-0	2013
Michael J. Sandel	Vídeos de su curso sobre justicia					http://www.justiceharvard.org/
Mo Ti	Política del amor universal	Madrid	Tecnos		1987
Peter Singer	página web de Peter Singer en Princeton					http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/
Peter Singer	Ética para vivir mejor	Barcelona	Ariel	84-344-1137-7	1995
Steven Lukes	Cinco fábulas sobre los derechos humanos	Madrid	Trotta		1998
Thomas Hobbes	Leviatán	Madrid	Alianza Ed.		2009