PdF:OVc008 Contemporary Philosophy and Bi

OVc008 Contemporary Philosophy and Bioethics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023

Extent and Intensity

0/0/1.3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)

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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

Main objectives of this course - to understand the basic themes of bioethics.

Learning outcomes

Didactical project.

Syllabus

Relation to nature as a philosophical problem.
Three pillars of bioethics.
Life as the central category of bioethics.
Science, research, lifestyle and rights of living organisms (genetic engineering).
Environmental ethics, the problem of anthropocentrism.
Typology of environment-related ideologies.
Welfare of animals.
Human life as a specific value.
Beginnings of human life (ethical aspects of human reproduction).
Health and Disease, Medical and Nursing Ethics.
Ethical reflection of dying and death.
Use of bioethics in the teaching of Civics.
Citizen and health care.

Literature

required literature

JEMELKA, Petr. Bioetika (Bioethics). 1st ed. Brno: MU Brno, 2008, 68 pp. PdF MU. ISBN 978-80-210-4626-9. info
JEMELKA, Petr. Úvod do environmentální problematiky (Introduction to the environmental problems). 1st ed. Trnava: UCM Trnava, 2008, 95 pp. FF UCM. ISBN 978-80-8105-049-7. info
JEMELKA, Petr. Racionalita a ekologická krize (Racionality and Ecological Crisis). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999. 110. ISBN 80-210-2022-9. info

recommended literature

JEMELKA, Petr and Martin GLUCHMAN. Anthropomorphism as a methodological problem of animal ethics (in the memory of Sir Patrick Bateson). Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe). Berlin: De Gruyter Open, 2017, vol. 7, 3-4, p. 169-176. ISSN 1338-5615. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0016. info
JEMELKA, Petr. Bioethics and environmetal Ethics as part of the training of future Civic and social sciences basic teachers. In Řehulka, E. (ed.), SCHOOL and HEALTH 21 Health Education: Contexts and Inspiration. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2010, p. 311-316. ISBN 978-80-210-5259-8. info
JEMELKA, Petr and Slavomír LESŇÁK. Environmentálna etika (Environmnetal ethics). 1st ed. Prešov: PU Prešov, 2008, 92 pp. FF PU Prešov. ISBN 978-80-8068-806-6. info

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Exam - project presentation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2024.