PdF:OV2MP_ET Moral probl.of contemp.society - Course Information
OV2MP_ET Moral problems of contemporary society
Faculty of EducationSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education - Timetable
- Mon 16:40–17:25 učebna 5
- 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
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Civics (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Civics (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course students should be able to: - make reasoned decisions about specific moral problems
- Syllabus
- 1)The concept of crisis. 2) Example of failure of modernism - Nazism , Communism . The question of guilt by K. Jaspers. 3) Moral lessons from totalitarianism. The moral foundations of democracy. 4)The post-modern moral crisis. The losing of the meaning of life. The losing of moral values. Loneliness. 5) Ontology and Ethics.The moral challenge of biophilic economy. 6) LOHAS lifestyle. Business Ethics. 7) Professional ethics. 9)The Ethics of Teaching. 9 Prosocial education from R. Roche Olivar. 10) The Ethics of Authenticity. Multiculturalism. 11)Feminism and Ecofeminism. 12) Political ethics. 13) Moral issues in fiction.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- VALACH, Milan. Češi v neklidné době (Czechs in worried times). 1st ed. Brno: L. Marek, 2006, 308 pp. I. ISBN 80-86263-75-4. info
- 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)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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