OV3BP_SDE1 History of Ethics 1-seminar

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Milan Valach, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Milan Valach, Ph.D.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Marie Baráčková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OV3BP_SDE1/P: Mon 7:55–9:35 učebna 41, M. Valach
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OV3BP_DE1 History of Ethics 1-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
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) Introduction to the ethics.
  • 2) The importance of moral rules in the life of an individum and society as whole.
  • 3) Herakleitos, sophist s doubt.
  • 4) Demokritos and Epikuros.
  • 5) Plato as theoretist of totalitarism.
  • 6) Aristoteles - the meaning of freedom.
  • 7) Stoicism- problem of fatalism.
  • 8) The beginnings of christianity.
  • 9) Machiavelli and the philosophy of history. 10) Hobbes.
  • 11) Protestant ethics and the beginning of capitalism.
  • 12) J. J. Rousseau- private ownership as the cause of social evil
  • 13) I. Kant
Literature
    required literature
  • VALACH, Milan. Svět na předělu. O politické a morální krizi kapitalismu. (World at the Crossroad. On political and moral crisis of capitalism.). druhé, podstatně rozšířené. ČR: Grimmus, 2009, 408 pp. filosofické problémy současnosti. ISBN 978-80-902831-5-2. URL info
  • PLATÓN. Kleitofón ; Ústava ; Timaios ; Kritias. Edited by Platón, Translated by František Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 524 s. ISBN 807298067X. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Etika Níkomachova. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1996, 493 s. ISBN 80-901796-7-3. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Rozpravy. Edited by Vladimír Čechák, Translated by Eva Blažková - Jindřich Veselý -. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 292 s. ISBN 8020500642. 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 and a written essay (atleast 5 pages).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/wphil/clenove/valach/valach.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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