Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaFundamentals of the Human Behavior
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
| Sem.2 | TU | 10:00 12:00 | b503 | |
| Sem.2 | FR | 10:00 12:00 | b503 |
Head instructor
Office hours
In order to make an appointment, please request one by e-mail.
amiro@uic.es
There are no pre-requisites.
To reflect about the person in its personal, familial, professional and social dimensions.
1. Acquire knowledge on the essential characteristics of the person.
2. Know and understand what the great existential questions of the individual are.
3. Acquire knowledge on how one should behave and why.
4. Learne to make decisions for situations where there are ethical implications.
5. Be more sensitive to the fostering of respect, trust and friendliness among people.
6. Learne to evaluate the ethical consequences of our actions.
7. Acquire skills for oral and written communication.
8. Develope the ability to analyse and synthesise the information obtained in class and from the complementary material provided by the professor.
9. Improve reading comprehension skills.
10. Develop neatness habits in written documents and presentations.
Methodology and learning activities
The presential learning activities are of two kinds:
1. Theoretical classes (50% total hours): explanations in charge of a teacher with the purpose of transmitting knowledge and causing critical reflection in the student.
Assessment procedure and criteria
The structure of the subject in theoretical and practical activities entails the evaluation of achieved knowledge and competences in both a differentiate and complementary way.
Specifically, there will be a mid-term exam and a final exam.
Mid-term exam (19/03) (those who pass this exam will be exempt from this part of the subject):
- Theoretical part: 2 questions on the syllabus taught until the class previous to the exam (50% of the grade),
- Practical part: One text (30% of the grade) + the arithmetic mean of the texts of the practical part (20% of the grade)= 50% of the grade
Those who pass both the theoretical and the practical part will be relieved of this part of the subject in the final exam.
The exam will be virtual and in the following way:
Written development test: open answer questions to be submitted directly in pdf format.
Final exam (7/06):
It will be assessed with the same criteria as the mid-term exam. For the mark of the practical part: the text of the exam (30%) + the arithmetic mean of the texts of the practical part assessed from the mid-term exam until the end of the year (20%)
The texts will be collected randomly and graded.
The exam will be virtual and in the following way:
Written development test: open answer questions to be submitted directly in pdf format.
Again, it is indispensable to pass each of the two parts of the final mark.
The second sitting will be graded in the same conditions as the first, including the continuing evaluation.
Continuing Education Talks:
"Failing to attend to the Continuing Education Talks will be evaluated negatively on the subject. That is, depending on the number of talks that have not been attended by the student, up to one point will be deducted from the total final grade of the subject. For example, if the student fails to attend one talk, 0,4 points will be deducted; if the student fails to attend two conferences, the deduction will be of 0,7 points, whereas failing to attend all three conferences will be penalised with 1 point."
| EVALUATION SYSTEM |
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| Asistencia y participación en clase Pruebas escritas Trabajo en equipo Trabajos individuales |
Core readings:
Balmes, Jaume, Obras Completas, 2 vols., Selecta, Barcelona, 1948.
Casanovas, Ignasi, Balmes. Su vida, sus obres y su tiempo, en: Balmes, Jaume, Obras Completas, vols. 34-5, Editorial Balmes, Barcelona, 1942.
Chivite, Carmen Mª, La antropología integral e integradora de Jaime Balmes, Fundación Universitaria Española, Madrid, 2016.
Forment, Eudaldo, «Lógica i filosofía social: Jaime Balmes», en: Forment, Eudaldo, Historia de la filosofia tomista en la España contemporània, Encuentro, Madrid, 1998, pp. 86-153.
Miró, Abel, «La tradición como conciencia de los pueblos en Jaume Balmes y Josep Torras i Bages», pp. 117-134, en: Revista Interamericana de Investigación, Educación y Pedagogía, vol. 12, n.1, USTA, Colombia, 2019.
https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/riiep/article/view/4901/4614
Torras i Bages, Josep, «El doctor Jaume Balmes, encarnació de l’esperit català en la nova forma intel·lectual i social», en: Torras i Bages, Josep, La tradició catalana, Ibèrica, Barcelona, 1913.
https://archive.org/details/latradicicatalan00torr
Yepes, R. Fundamentos de antropología. Un ideal de la existencia humana. Eunsa. Pamplona. 1996.
Lorda, J. L. Moral. El arte de vivir, Palabra, Madrid 1996.
Spaemann, R., Ética. Cuestiones fundamentales, Eunsa, Pamplona, 1995.
Lorda, J. L. Humanismo, los bienes invisibles,Madrid 2009
Complementary reading:
Alvira, R. La razón de ser hombre, Rialp, Madrid 1998.
Arendt, H., La condición humana, Paidós, Barcelona, 1993.
Ayllón, Ética razonada, Palabra, Madrid, 1998.
Burgos, J. M.: Antropología: una guía para la existencia, Palabra
Compte-Sponville, J. R. Pequeño tratado de las grandes virtudes, Espasa, Madrid, 1996.
Grisez, G., y Shaw, R., Ser persona. Curso de Ética, Rialp, Madrid, 1993.
Guardini, Romano, Las etapas de la vida, Palabra, Madrid, 1997
Llano, A., La vida lograda, Ariel, Barcelona, 2002
Macintyre, A., Tras la virtud, Crítica, Barcelona, 1987.
Marías, J. La felicidad humana, Alianza, Madrid, 1989.
Marías, J.: Mapa del mundo personal, Alianza.
Marina, J. A., Ética para náufragos, Anagrama, Barcelona, 1995.
Pieper, J., Las virtudes fundamentales, Rialp, Madrid, 1980.
Polo, L., Hacia una versión moderna de los temas clásicos, unión editorial, Madrid, 1996.
Rhonheimer, M. La perspectiva de la moral, Rialp, Madrid, 2007.
Rodríguez Luño, A., Ética General, Eunsa, Pamplona, 1993.
Rojas, E.: Una teoría de la felicidad, Dossat