FF:PHV406 Hist. of Ethics I: Sel. Chapt. - Course Information
PHV406 History of Ethics I: Selected Chapters
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 8:00–9:40 A11, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- (! PH0118 History of Ethics I ) && ( PHBP Proseminar )
- 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
- there are 23 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers an overview of the history of ethics from pre-history to the end of Middle Ages. The goal is to provide students with information about the basic questions, problems, works, branches and ethicists of the era.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will learn how to interpret key moral and philosophical attitudes in the era on the basis of selected source literature.
- Syllabus
- What is ethics, history of ethics? Methodology of history of ethics. The origins of morality, genealogy of morality, moral facts, values. Prehistoric, archaic societies and ancient cultures: Egyptian Book of the Dead, Ancient Codes, Homer, Hesiodos. Ancient ethics: Heraclitus, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Sophists. Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Ethics of the Stoics and Skeptics. Ethics of the Epicureans and Kynics. Comparison of ancient and medieval ethics, Augustine: Confessions, On Lying, On Mercy and Free Will Peter Abaelard Thomas Aquinas
- Literature
- required literature
- GRAESER, Andreas. Řecká filosofie klasického období : sofisté, Sókratés a sokratikové, Platón a Aristotelés : Die Philosophie der Antike. 2, Sophistik und Sokratik; Plato bis Aristoteles (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 445 s. ISBN 80-7298-019-X. info
- ARISTOTELÉS. Etika Níkomachova. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1996, 493 s. ISBN 80-901796-7-3. info
- AUGUSTIN. O milosti a svobodném rozhodování ;Odpověď Simplicianovi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Krystal OP, 2000, 137 s. ISBN 80-85929-41-4. info
- recommended literature
- HUSSEY, Edward. Presokratici. Praha: Rezek, 1997, 213 s. ISBN 80-86027-07-4. info
- PLATON. Euthyfron, obrana Sokrata, Kriton : Obrana Sokrata (Variant.). 2., přehlédnuté vyd. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1942, 119 s., 1. info
- GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Idea dobra mezi Platónem a Aristotelem. Translated by Jan Šindelář - Filip Karfík. 1. vyd. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 114 s. ISBN 80-85241-46-3. info
- CICERO, Marcus Tullius. O povinnostech : rozprava o třech knihách věnovaná synu Markovi. Translated by Jaroslav Ludvíkovský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, 193 s. URL info
- ABÉLARD, Pierre and HÉLOÏSE. Dopisy utrpení a lásky. Translated by Jakub Pavel. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1976, 127, [3] info
- TOMÁŠ AKVINSKÝ. Tomáš Akvinský o zákonech v Teologické sumě. Translated by Karel Šprunk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Krystal OP, 2003, 143 s. ISBN 8085929597. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, colloquiums, discussions on primary sources, readings, homework.
- Assessment methods
- Credit received on the basis of written test - required knowledge of primary literature. Test consisting of 10 open-questions, minimum pass level 60%.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr. - Teacher's information
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