FSpS:np2282 Ethics and social responsibili - Course Information

np2282 Ethics and social responsibility

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc.
Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management – Faculty of Sports Studies

Timetable

Wed 19. 2. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 26. 2. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 5. 3. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 12. 3. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 19. 3. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 26. 3. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 2. 4. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 9. 4. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 16. 4. 16:15–17:15 B11/206, Wed 23. 4. 16:15–17:15 B11/206

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

np2282/01: Wed 19. 2. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 26. 2. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 5. 3. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 12. 3. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 19. 3. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 26. 3. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 2. 4. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 9. 4. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 16. 4. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, Wed 23. 4. 15:10–16:10 B11/206, V. Moudr, A. Sekot

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

• Applied Sport Education of Security Bodies (programme FSpS, N-TV)
• Management in Sport (programme FSpS, N-TV) (2)
• Lower and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physical Education (programme FSpS, N-TV)
• Lower and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physical Education (programme FSpS, N-TV, specialization Training of condition)
• Lower and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physical Education (programme FSpS, N-TV, specialization Sports Education)

Course objectives

On the end of the course student will be able to: understand to genesis and function of morality; know basic concepts, approaches and problems of ethics; adopt responsibility for himself, his acts and products; comprehend ethics as theoretic discipline which reflects morality and be able to differentiate ways of this reflection (descripive ethics, methaethics, normative ethics, aplicated ethics. Student will be able to: describe elemental problems of business, consumer and environmental ethics; distinguish different approaches in environmental ethics; adopt tool for making decisions in situations of difficult moral dilemmas.

Syllabus

• 1. Ethics as part of philosophy and its contemporary cooperation with empirical sciences (neurosciences, evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology..). Basic thesis of empirical ethics. 2. Elemental concepts and their connections. 3. Origin of morality from natural roots, cultural determination of morality, social function of morality. 4. Descriptive ethics, methaethics, normative ethics, aplicated ethics. 5. Theories of normative ethics as ways how to give reasons for moral conviction. 6. Aplicated ethics - sport ethics. 7. Aplicated ethics - business ethics, consumer ethics. 8. Aplicated ethics - ethics of human resources, social responsibility of business organizations, fair trade. 9. Environmental ethics - biocentrism, ecocentrism, deep ecology. 10. Environmental ethics - antropocentrism, zoocentrism, theocentrism. 11. Reasons for refusal of ethics (sociobiology) and environmental ethics (neoliberal economist - Simon, Klaus).

Literature

• BINKA, Bohuslav. Environmentální etika (Environmental ethics). In Etika, ekonomika, příroda. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2012, p. 84-123. ISBN 978-80-247-4293-9. info
• ŠMAJS, Josef. Evoluční ontologie kultury a problém podnikání (Ontology of culture and business problem). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 250 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6180-4. info
• KACETL, Jaroslav. Obchodní a podnikatelská etika. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2011, 98 s. ISBN 9788074350955. info
• BRÁZDA, Radim. Ethicum. první. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2010, 188 pp. ISBN 978-80-904273-9-6. info
• ŠMAJS, Josef, Bohuslav BINKA, Marie PUTNOVÁ and Pavel SEKNIČKA. Podnikatelská a environmentální etika (Business and environmental ethics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 184 pp. Pořadové číslo 4642/ESF-6/08-17/99. ISBN 978-80-210-4561-4. info
• BRÁZDA, Radim. Srovnávací etika (The Comparative Ethics). první. Praha: KLP, 2002, 244 pp. Kassandra. ISBN 80-85917-86-6. info

Teaching methods

lectures, seminars

Assessment methods

written or oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

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