OVp006 History of Ethics 1-lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
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
Mon 8:00–8:50 učebna 50
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
OVp006/01: each even Thursday 17:00–18:50 učebna 24, S. Lesňák
OVp006/02: each even Thursday 15:00–16:50 učebna 30, S. Lesňák
OVp006/03: each even Monday 16:00–17:50 učebna 30, S. Lesňák
OVp006/04: each odd Wednesday 13:00–14:50 učebna 41, S. Lesňák
OVp006/05: each odd Thursday 10:00–11:50 učebna 41, S. Lesňák
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
- 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 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
- to interpret ethical theories in the historical context (in the 19th and 20th centuries)
- apply ethical theories in life (and at school)
Syllabus
  • 1)Introduction to the ethics. The myth as moral problem. 2) Herakleitos, sophist s doubt. 3) Demokritos and Epikuros. 4)Plato as theoretist of totalitarism. 5) Aristoteles - the meaning of freedom. 6) Stoicism- problem of fatalism. 7) The beginnings of christianity. 8)Machiavelli and the philosophy of history. 10) 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
    recommended literature
  • COPLESTON, Frederick C. Dějiny filosofie. Translated by Jana Odehnalová. Vydání první. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Centra Aletti Refugium Velehrad-Roma, s.r.o., 2017, 599 stran. ISBN 9788074122835. 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
  • 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
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8020009175. info
  • STÖRIG, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filosofie. Edited by Petr Rezek, Translated by Miroslav Petříček - Karel Šprunk. 7., přeprac. a rozš. vyd.,. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000, 630 s. ISBN 8071925004. info
  • Dějiny filosofie. Edited by Emanuel Rádl. Praha: Votobia, 1999, 668 s. ISBN 807220064X. info
  • BONDY, Egon. Poznámky k dějinám filosofie. Praha: Sdružení na podporu vydávání časopisů, 1995, 221 s. ISBN 8085239302. info
  • MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. A short history of ethics. London: Routledge, 1993, viii, 280. ISBN 0415040272. info
    not specified
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Credit seminar. The fulfilling requirements of this course is quiz.
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, Spring 2023.
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