SC4MK_ET Ethics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radim Šíp, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: - understand the basic processes that create moral personality
- explain the influence of society on the creation of moral values
Syllabus
  • 1. What is the ethics?
  • 2. Why we need moral norms.
  • 3. The main trends of contemporary ethical though - utilitarism, deontology, ethics of virtue, ethics of cultural relativity.
  • 4. Basics of ethics rooted in organism - neurobiology.
  • 6. Ethics in social field.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KOHÁK, Erazim. Svoboda, svědomí, soužití :kapitoly z mezilidské etiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010, ii, 214. ISBN 9788086429359. info
  • VALACH, Milan. Svět na předělu : o politické a morální krizi kapitalismu. Druhé, podstatně rozšíř. Všeň: Grimmus, 2009, 406 stran. ISBN 9788090283152. info
  • KOHÁK, Erazim. Zelená svatozář : kapitoly z ekologické etiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 203 s. ISBN 80-85850-63-X. info
    not specified
  • SOKOL, Jan and Zdeněk PINC. Antropologie a etika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2003, 167 s. ISBN 8072543725. info
Teaching methods
lectures, analysis of texts and their interpretation
Assessment methods
Final evaluation was based on the partial group homeworks and their reached quality. Grade of an individual can be improved that student pass an extra test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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