FF:PHV302 Apllied Ethics: Reading

PHV302 Apllied Ethics: Reading

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:40 B2.43

Prerequisites

! PH0187 Applied Ethics
The ability to read in English.

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

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Abstract

The goal of the course is to introduce students to important texts in applied ethics.

Learning outcomes

The successful student will be able to read and interpret English texts in applied ethics and explain the key concepts.

Key topics

The reading materials may include:
Aquinas on suicide
Kant on suicide
Rachels - More Impertinent Distinctions and a Defense of Active Euthanasia
Marquis - An Argument that Abortion is Wrong
Mill - A Speech in Favour of Capital Punishment
Bedau - The Case Against the Death Penalty
Regan - The Case for Animal Rights
Machan - Do Animals Have Rights?
Leopold - The Land Ethic
Fieser - An Argument Against Normative Ecocentrism
It is possible that some other relevant readings may be used instead of the above, if plausible.

Study resources and literature

Ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, x, 415. ISBN 0192892452. info

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

reading and interpretation, discussion

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Written test, open questions , min. 60 per-cent to pass. Attendance max. 1 absence. Electronic test in case in-class test is impossible.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2027.