np1112 Philosophy and Ethics in Kinantropology

Faculty of Sports Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Emanuel Hurych, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D.
Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management – Faculty of Sports Studies
Timetable
Mon 13:50–14:35 B11/236
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
np1112/s1: Wed 14:10–14:55 B11/311, V. Moudr
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
The aims of the subject are: - to improve understanding of modern ethics and its relations to sport, in the context of important philosophical discourses - to examine metamorphoses of ethic discourses from the antiquity till contemporary period (form Platon to the Olympic Charter and WADA) - to approach the thinking of contemporary ainstream sciences which deal with the topic of morality in sport (evolution biology, game theory, genetics etc.)
Syllabus
  • Outline of topics
  • Articulation of philosophical and ethical discourses
  • Basic philosophical foundations
  • Ancient foundations (Myth, Pythagoras, Herakleitos, Sokrates, Platon, Aristoteles)
  • Short history of ethics (Kant, Hume, Nietzsche)
  • Purpose of movement(Bednář - homo movens, homo viator, homo spiritualis)
  • Postmodernism and ethics (Bělohradský)
  • Olympism and ethics, crisis of contemporary sport
  • Fair-play and contemporary sport (Kosiewicz, Parry)
  • Sport (body culture, movement culture)
  • Rehabilitation of epikureism. Hédonism and utilitarism (Diogenes, Singer, Mill)
  • Evolutionary-biological foundation of morality, biological reductionism. Egoism, sexuality, aggression.
  • Doping, adoration of achievement, passive attitude towards movement.
  • New virtues: ecologism, feminism, animal rights.
  • Existencial ethics. Athlete - coach relationship.
  • Ethical topisc in IAPS, BPSA, ISSSS conferences (2008-2010).
  • Ethical codexices and documents.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BRÁZDA, Radim. Ethicum. první. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2010, 188 pp. ISBN 978-80-904273-9-6. info
  • Kalokagathia : ideál, nebo flatus vocis? Edited by Radim Šíp. Brno: Paido, 2008, 92 stran. ISBN 9788073151645. info
  • HODAŇ, Bohuslav. Sociokulturní kinantropologie II. Systémové pojetí tělesné kultury (Socio-cultural kinanthropology II). 1.vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2007, 215 pp. ISBN 978-80-244-1826-1. info
  • HOGENOVÁ, Anna. K filosofii výkonu. 1. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2005, 575 s. ISBN 808686135X. info
  • HOGENOVÁ, Anna. Areté : základ olympijské filozofie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 164 s. ISBN 8024600463. info
  • HOGENOVÁ, Anna. Etika a sport. Dotisk 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 119 s. ISBN 8071844993. info
Teaching methods
lecture seminary group project
Assessment methods
1 written test 1 seminary work 1 oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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