PH0219 History of Ethics II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 A11
Prerequisites
PH0118 History of Ethics I
Precondition - History of ethics I
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 course continues the cycle of lectures Ethics I. The goal is to acquaint the student with the basic works of ethics from Renaissance to the beginning of 20th century.
Learning outcomes
Students get an overview of the basic events, figures and works in moral philosophy, learn the structure and major theses and arguments of key works of moral philosophy (Abelard, Hobbes, Locke, Descartes, Rousseau, Spinoza, Hume, Bentham, Mill, Kant, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Nietzsche). Students will learn to interpret key moral philosophical works in the era using the knowledge of primary literature sources.
Syllabus
  • Moral Philosophy in the Middle Ages
  • Hobbes
  • Locke
  • Rousseau
  • Spinoza
  • Hume
  • Bentham/Mill
  • Kant
  • Schopenhauer
  • Hegel
  • Nietzsche
Literature
    required literature
  • HOBBES, Thomas. Leviathan, neboli, O podstatě, zřízení a moci státu církevního a občanského. Translated by Jan Mertl - Josef Hrůša. V Praze: Melantrich. 375 s. 1941. URL info
  • SPINOZA, Benedictus de. Etika. 2. vyd., v Dybbuku 1. Praha: Dybbuk. 268 s. ISBN 80-903001-0-3. 2001. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. O smlouvě společenské : čili o základech politického práva. Praha: Nakladatelství J. Otto. 186 s. info
  • MILL, John Stuart. Bentham :utilitarizmus. Vyd. 1. Prešov: LIM. 143 s. ISBN 80-89012-01-9. 2000. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Základy metafyziky mravů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda. 135 s. 1976. info
  • Genealogie morálky :polemika. Edited by Friedrich Nietzsche. 1. vyd. Brno: AURORA. 147 s. ISBN 80-7299-048-9. 2002. info
    not specified
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques. Emil, čili, O vychování. D. 2, 4. a 5. kniha; Pokračování Emila; Rejstřík. V Praze: Dědictví Komenského, 1911. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques. O společenské smlouvě neboli o zásadách státního práva. V Praze: V. Linhart, 1949. info
  • HUME, David. Zkoumání lidského rozumu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda. 223 s. 1972. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika praktického rozumu. Translated by Jaromír Loužil. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda. 306 s. ISBN 8020505075. 1996. info
  • SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Uber die Grundlage der Moral. Berlin: Elsnerdruck. 204 s. ISBN 3-8224-1178-7. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Mimo dobro a zlo :předehra k filosofii budoucnosti. Translated by Věra Koubová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora. 218 s. ISBN 80-85974-12-6. 1996. info
  • ČAPEK, Jakub, James HILL, Hynek JANOUŠEK, Jakub JIRSA, Pavel KOUBA, Kateřina MARKOVÁ, Tereza MATĚJČKOVÁ, Jakub SIROVÁTKA and Ondřej ŠVEC. Přístupy k etice II. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia. 296 stran. ISBN 9788070074428. 2015. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, colloquiums, readings, study of primary literature.
Assessment methods
Colloquium based on submission of all the reports from the given literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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