OV2RC_DE History of Ethics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to: - compare and evaluate individual theories from the history of ethical thinking - make reasoned decisions about specific moral problems
Syllabus
  • A1)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. B1) 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
    required literature
  • ŠPINKA, Štěpán, Lenka KARFÍKOVÁ, Ondřej KRÁSA, Vladimír MIKEŠ, Václav NĚMEC and Karel THEIN. Přístupy k etice I. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2014, 225 stran. ISBN 9788070074305. info
  • ČAPEK, Jakub, James HILL, Hynek JANOUŠEK, Jakub JIRSA, Pavel KOUBA, Kateřina MARKOVÁ, Tereza MATĚJČKOVÁ, Jakub SIROVÁTKA and Ondřej ŠVEC. Přístupy k etice II. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2015, 296 stran. ISBN 9788070074428. info
  • JIRSA, Jakub, Matej CÍBIK, Marcus DÜWELL, Josef FULKA, Tomáš HEJDUK, Tomáš HŘÍBEK, Kamila PACOVSKÁ, Jakub SIROVÁTKA and Karel THEIN. Přístupy k etice III. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2016, 360 stran. ISBN 9788070074824. info
    recommended literature
  • STÖRIG, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filosofie. Edited by Petr Rezek, Translated by Miroslav Petříček - Karel Šprunk. Vyd 8., V KNA 2. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2007, 653 s. ISBN 9788071952060. info
  • MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. A short history of ethics. London: Routledge, 1993, viii, 280. ISBN 0415040272. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Credit seminar. The fulfilling requirements of this course is a written essay (atleast 5 pages).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/wphil/clenove/valach/valach.htm
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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