PHBE Ethics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 A11, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites
- PHBP Proseminar
comprehension of philosophical texts in English - 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 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the subject is to introduce students to the basic problems of normative ethics, introduce them to the key authors, questions and arguments relating to the nature of moral norms and values.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course the students should be able to:
- describe the key theories in normative ethics;
- define the basic concepts in the field;
- reconstruct the most important arguments;
- justify their own moral judgments. - Syllabus
- Normative ethics, applied ethics and metaethics
- Value theory
- Consequentialism
- Utilitarianism, preferential utilitarianism
- Hedonism, egoism
- Deontology - absolute and moderate
- Contractarianism
- Natural rights
- Virtue ethics
- Literature
- Povinná literatura je součástí e-learningové podpory tohoto kurzu.
- Metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics : historical and contemporary readings. Edited by James Fieser. Australia: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, xi, 532. ISBN 0534573843. info
- A companion to ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1993, xxii, 565. ISBN 0-631-16211-9. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, seminars, e-learning.
- Assessment methods
- Final written test, 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 annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/course/view.php?id=7410
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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