FF:PH0199 Ecological Crisis - Course Information

PH0199 Ecological Crisis and Problem of Legitimity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Karel Dolejší (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Syllabus

The legitimacy of the postwar powers in the highly developed countries was based upon the concept of the human and civic rights that were added by the social dimension. The system of the authorization of the citizens was completed also with their security - the societies have not secured their citizens only before the violence, but also before the risks like the unemployment. Hobbes' legitimacy of the state power through the reservation of the security was modified a lot. But the ecological crisis brings out the risks that cannot be bridget over by the contemporary establishments: in 1998 the natural calamities caused by (e.g.) the global rising of the temperature killed more people than the wars. The lecture is interested in the effects of this situation for the philosophical explanation of the legitimacy of the state power.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

K získání zápočtu je podmínkou odevzdání písemného referátu.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.