OVk106 Ethics-lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.5. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
The aim is to help students gain insight into current ethical theories in connection with contemporary moral problems of contemporary society.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- to perceive different ethical contexts of contemporary problems
- to make reasoned decisions on specific moral problems
- to show an overview of current ethical theories
- compare contemporary ethical theories to solving a particular problem
Syllabus
  • 1) The crisis and morality. 2) Example of failure of modernism - Nazism , Communism . The question of guilt by K. Jaspers. 3) Postmodernism and moral crisis 4)Humanistic morality and conscience (E.Fromm) 5) Ontology and Ethics. The moral challenge of biophilic economy. Climate ethics. 6) Professional ethics. The Ethics of Teaching. 7)LOHAS lifestyle. Business Ethics. 8) Prosocial education from R. Roche Olivar. 9) The Ethics of technology. 10)Feminism and Ecofeminism. 11) Political ethics. 12) Moral issues in fiction.
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
The fulfilling requirements of this course is a written essay (atleast 10 pages), based on three monographies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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