OVc002 Moral Problems of Contemporary Society

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.3. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to: - make reasoned decisions about specific moral problems of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • 1.The term of moral as a human attribute. 2. Problem of identity. 3. The Solidarity of the Shaken. 3-4. Postmodern pluralism or totalitarism? 5. The ecological crisis in ethics. Anthropocentrism vs. Biocentrism. 6. Evolutionary ontology. J. Šmajs. 7. LOHAS lifestyle. Business Ethics. 8. Political Ethics. Violence, terrorism and their legitimacy. 9. Women's issues in the contemporary world. Feminism and Ecofeminism ethics of care. 10. The problem of medical research. Bioethics. 11. The Ethics of Teaching. 12.The Ethics of Authenticity. Multiculturalism. 13. Human nature. Sense of life, love.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • LESŇÁK, Slavomír. Etické kontexty kulturní regionální identity v oblasti vzdělávání (Ethical Dimensions of Regional Cultural Identity in Education). In regionálna identita a jej skúmanie (Bytča). Univerzita Komenského v Bratislavě. 2016. info
  • VALACH, Milan. Svět na předělu : o politické a morální krizi kapitalismu. Druhé, podstatně rozšíř. Všeň: Grimmus. 406 stran. ISBN 9788090283152. 2009. info
  • VALACH, Milan. Češi v neklidné době. 1. vyd. Brno: L. Marek. 306 s. ISBN 8086263754. 2006. info
  • A companion to ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. xxii, 565. ISBN 0-631-16211-9. 1993. info
  • MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. A short history of ethics. London: Routledge. viii, 280. ISBN 0415040272. 1993. info
Teaching methods
Lecture. Presentation.
Assessment methods
The fulfilling requirements of this course is presentation of the chosen topic in class and a written essay (atleast 10 pages), based on three monographies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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