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Translation class of philosophical texts: Ethics of war: Walzer, McMahan, Coady

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Course ID: WF-FI-212-TRA-C21
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Translation class of philosophical texts: Ethics of war: Walzer, McMahan, Coady
Name in Polish: Translatorium tekstów filozoficznych: Etyka wojny: Walzer, McMahan, Coady
Organizational unit: Institute of Philosophy
Course groups: (in Polish) Gr przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - obszar nauk humanistycznych i społecznych (studia II stopnia)
(in Polish) Translatoria tekstów filozoficznych - II stopień
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Subject level:

elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:

FI2_W03; FI2_W06;

FI2_U02; FI2_U07;

FI2_U11; FI2_K06;
Short description:

The course will consist in a close reading of the selected texts by Michael Walzer dealing with war ethics along with the translation of their fragments into Polish.
Full description:

The series of classes will consist of two parts. In the first part, students will become acquainted with the general problems of contemporary ethics of war in its two variants - the classical theory (M. Walzer) and the revisionist theory (J. Macmahan, C.A.J. Coady). The second part of the course will consist in working with selected philosophical texts by the aforementioned authors dealing with war etthics. While analysing/translating fragments of the selected text, students will become familiarised with the basic problems raised in the contemporary debates on the ethics of military operations. When translating the philosophical text, particular attention will be paid to the precise recognition and proper rendering of its original meaning, the lexical correctness of the translation, as well as the naturalness of the applied stylistic / idiomatic solutions.
Bibliography:

1. Michael Walzer "Arguing About War" , Yale University Press, 2004.

2. Michael Walzer "Just and Unjust Wars", Basic Books, 1977; fifth edition, 2015.

3. J. McMahan, "TheEthics of killing in war", Ethics, 2004, t. CXIV, nr 4, s. 693-733.

4. C.A.J. Coady, "The Morality of Terrorism"Philosophy, 1980, t. LX, s. 47-69.,

Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

Students should

*develop the ability to analyse philosophical texts written in a foreign language as well as

*extend their competences in the translation of philosophical texts from English into Polish

*acquire the competences necessary to translate difficult philosophical texts from Polish into English

*acquire the skills of deepening their linguistic competences by use of available sources

Translating fragments of the article on war ethics will also give students the opportunity to

*become familiar with the general issues considered in the said field.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

The evaluation will be based on the active participation of students in classes, and a fragment of the analyzed text (500 words) individually translated into Polish by individual students.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2022-02-01 - 2022-06-30
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Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators: Adam Cebula
Group instructors: Adam Cebula
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) PO/H2 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - II stopień
Short description:

The course will consist in a close reading of the selected texts by Michael Walzer dealing with war ethics along with the translation of their fragments into Polis
Full description:

The series of classes will consist of two parts. In the first part, students will become acquainted with the general problems of contemporary ethics of war in its two variants - the classical theory (M. Walzer) and the revisionist theory (J. Macmahan, C.A.J. Coady). The second part of the course will consist in working with selected philosophical texts by the aforementioned authors dealing with war etthics. While analysing/translating fragments of the selected text, students will become familiarised with the basic problems raised in the contemporary debates on the ethics of military operations. When translating the philosophical text, particular attention will be paid to the precise recognition and proper rendering of its original meaning, the lexical correctness of the translation, as well as the naturalness of the applied stylistic / idiomatic solutions.
Bibliography:

1. Michael Walzer "Arguing About War" , Yale University Press, 2004.

2. Michael Walzer "Just and Unjust Wars", Basic Books, 1977; fifth edition, 2015.

3. J. McMahan, "TheEthics of killing in war", Ethics, 2004, t. CXIV, nr 4, s. 693-733.

4. C.A.J. Coady, "The Morality of Terrorism"Philosophy, 1980, t. LX, s. 47-69.,

Wymagania wstępne:

General knowledge of world's philosophical literature.
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