OVp006 History of Ethics 1-lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
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
Thu 15:00–15:50 učebna 35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OVp007 History of Ethics 1-seminar )
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 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
  • 1)Introduction to the ethics. The myth as moral problem. 2) Heraclitus, sophist s doubt. 3) Democritus and Epicurus. 4) Plato as theoretist of totalitarism. 5) Aristotle - the meaning of freedom. 6) Stoicism- problem of fatalism. 7) The beginnings of christianity. 8) Machiavelli and the philosophy of history. 10) T. Hobbes. 9) Protestant ethics and the beginning of capitalism. 11) J. J. Rousseau - private ownership as the cause of social evil 12) I. Kant.
Literature
    required literature
  • Dejiny etického myslenia v Európe a USA. Edited by Anna Remišová. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2008, 894 s. ISBN 9788081011030. info
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8020009175. info
    recommended literature
  • COPLESTON, Frederick C. Dějiny filosofie. Translated by Jana Odehnalová. Vydání první. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2014, 702 stran. ISBN 9788074121678. info
  • BEETHAM, Frank. Learning Greek with Plato : a beginner's course in classical Greek based on Plato, Meno 70a1-81e6. 1st pub. Exeter: Bristol Phoenix press, 2007, xxiv, 503. ISBN 9781904675563. 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 quiz.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2019/OVp006