PH0118 History of Ethics I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 B11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil.
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 offers an overview of the history of ethics from pre-history to the end of Middle Ages. The goal is to provide students with information about the basic problems, works, branches and ethicists of the era. Students will learn how to interpret key moral and philosophical attitudes in the era on the basis of selected source literature.
Syllabus
  • What is ethics, history of ethics? Methodology of history of ethics. The origins of morality, genealogy of morality, moral facts, values. Prehistoric, archaic societies and ancient cultures: Egyptian Book of the Dead, Ancient Codes, Homer, Hesiodos. Ancient ethics: Heraclitus, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Sophists. Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Ethics of the Stoics and Skeptics. Ethics of the Epicureans and Kynics. Comparison of ancient and medieval ethics, Augustine: Confessions, On Lying, On Mercy and Free Will Peter Abaelard Thomas Aquinas
Literature
  • GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés : Die Philosophie der Antike. 2, Sophistik und Sokratik; Plato bis Aristoteles (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 80-7298-019-X. info
  • HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. info
  • PLATON. Euthyfron, obrana Sokrata, Kriton : Obrana Sokrata (Variant.). 2., přehlédnuté vyd. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1942, 119 s., 1. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Etika Níkomachova. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1996, 493 s. ISBN 80-901796-7-3. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Idea dobra mezi Platónem a Aristotelem. Translated by Jan Šindelář - Filip Karfík. 1. vyd. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 114 s. ISBN 80-85241-46-3. info
  • CICERO, Marcus Tullius. O povinnostech : rozprava o třech knihách věnovaná synu Markovi. Translated by Jaroslav Ludvíkovský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, 193 s. URL info
  • AUGUSTIN. O milosti a svobodném rozhodování ;Odpověď Simplicianovi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Krystal OP, 2000, 137 s. ISBN 80-85929-41-4. info
  • ABÉLARD, Pierre and HÉLOÏSE. Dopisy utrpení a lásky. Translated by Jakub Pavel. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1976, 127, [3] info
  • TOMÁŠ AKVINSKÝ. Tomáš Akvinský o zákonech v Teologické sumě. Translated by Karel Šprunk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Krystal OP, 2003, 143 s. ISBN 8085929597. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions on primary sources, readings, homework.
Assessment methods
Credit received on the basis of written test - required knowledge of primary literature
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/etika/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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