OVp007 History of Ethics 1-seminar

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (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
Thu 16:00–16:50 učebna 50
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
OVp007/01: Thu 11:00–11:50 učebna 11, S. Lesňák
OVp007/02: Thu 13:00–13:50 učebna 56, S. Lesňák
OVp007/03: Mon 8:00–8:50 učebna 42, S. Lesňák
OVp007/04: Mon 10:00–10:50 učebna 11, S. Lesňák
OVp007/05: Mon 15:00–15:50 učebna 57, S. Lesňák
OVp007/06: Thu 15:00–15:50 učebna 7, S. Lesňák
OVp007/07: Thu 12:00–12:50 učebna 6, S. Lesňák
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OVp006 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
- 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 philosophical text
- to compare the ethical theories
Syllabus
  • 1)Introduction to the ethics.
  • 2) Herakleitos.
  • 3)Demokritos.
  • 4) Socrates.
  • 5)Plato as theoretist of totalitarism.
  • 6) Aristoteles - the meaning of freedom.
  • 7) Stoicism- problem of fatalism. Epicureism.
  • 8) The beginnings of christianity.
  • 9)Machiavelli and the philosophy of history. 10) Protestant ethics and the beginning of capitalism.
  • 11) Hobbes.
  • 12) J. J. Rousseau- private ownership as the cause of social evil
  • 12) I. Kant
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
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8020009175. info
  • HODOVSKÝ, Ivan and Jiří [PhDr.] SEDLÁK. Etika ve společnosti a v povolání. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1994, 165 s. ISBN 80-7067-413-X. info
Teaching methods
Collective discussion, presentations, 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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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