PdF:OVp012 History of Ethics 2-seminar - Course Information
OVp012 History of Ethics 2-seminar
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (seminar tutor) - 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 21. 9. to Tue 14. 12. Tue 13:00–13:50 učebna 42, S. Lesňák
OVp012/02: Wed 22. 9. to Wed 15. 12. Wed 13:00–13:50 učebna 57, S. Lesňák
OVp012/03: Thu 23. 9. to Thu 16. 12. Thu 14:00–14:50 učebna 42, S. Lesňák
OVp012/04: Tue 21. 9. to Tue 14. 12. Tue 12:00–12:50 učebna 22, 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 Basics of Social Studies for Education (programme PdF, B-OV3S) (2)
- Civics and Social Studies Basic with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Course objectives
- - get an overview of ethical theories in the past
- to capture the relativity of good and evil in the past
- to gain a pluralistic view of values and morals - Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- explain an individual ethical concepts
- understand the consequences and contradictions of the ethical theories
- to interpret and analyse a philosophical text
- to compare the 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
- 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 2021, recent)
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