PdF:OVp012 History of Ethics 2-seminar - Course Information
OVp012 History of Ethics 2-seminar
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 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 of Seminar Groups
- OVp012/01: Tue 10:00–10:50 učebna 36, S. Lesňák
OVp012/02: Mon 17:00–17:50 učebna 75, S. Lesňák
OVp012/03: Mon 11:00–11:50 učebna 33, S. Lesňák
OVp012/04: Mon 12:00–12:50 učebna 33, S. Lesňák
OVp012/05: Tue 15:00–15:50 učebna 56, S. Lesňák - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- NOW ( OVp011 History of Ethics 2-lecture )
- 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
- Civics and Social Studies Basic with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Basics of Social Studies for Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- explain individual ethical concepts
- understand the consequences and contradictions of ethical theories - Syllabus
- 1.-2.Philosophy of History and Ethics - Hegel, Marx 3.-4.Voluntaristic ethics - Schopenhauer, Nietzsche 5.-6.Ethics and Human existence - Kiekegaard,existentialism 7.Utilitarism and pragmatism 8.-9.Biological and psychological inspirations - Bergson, Fromm, Lorenz 10.Ethics of Responsibility - Jonas; environmental Ethics 11.Ethics and fairness- Rawls 12.Ethics and postmodernism
- Literature
- recommended literature
- JOHNSON, Oliver A. and Andrews REATH. Ethics : selections from classical and contemporary writers. 11th ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012, ix, 562. ISBN 9780538452823. info
- not specified
- MALIK, Kenan. The quest for a moral compass : a global history of ethics. London: Atlantic Books, 2015, 390 stran. ISBN 9781848874817. info
- Teaching methods
- Collective discussion, critical evaluation of individual authors.
- Assessment methods
- Credit seminar. The fulfilling requirements of this course are active participation in class (the presentation) and a written essay (atleast 5 pages).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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