FF:PH1206 Ethics I - Course Information
PH1206 Ethics I
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová - Timetable
- Wed 13:20–14:55 A11 stara
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil.
- 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
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (2)
- Philosophy (programme FF, M-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, M-PH)
- Course objectives
- This course is designed as an introduction to meta-ethics. The goal is to get students acquainted with basic meta-ethical theories (cognitivism - non-cognitivism, realism, relativism, emotivism, intuitionism, naturalism, is-ought fallacy, prescriptivism, utilitarism. Students learn the basic strategies and the role of argumentation in ethics
- Syllabus
- Meta-ethics: the development of analytically oriented ethics, major figures and issues
- Meta-ethical theories: why and what for?
- Roles and forms of argumentation in ethics
- Cognitivism / non-cognitivism
- Naturalism, is-ought fallacy
- Realism
- Emotivism / Intuitionism
- Prescriptivism
- Utilitarism / Preferential utilitarism
- Literature
- LaFollet
- The Blackwell guide to ethical theory. Edited by Hugh LaFollette. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, x, 446 s. ISBN 0-631-20119-X. info
- MOORE, George Edward. Etika. Prešov: LIM, 1999, 121 s. ISBN 80-967778-6-6. info
- Logika a etika :úvod do metaetiky. Edited by Petr Kolář - Vladimír Svoboda. 1. vyd. Praha: FILOSOFIA, 1997, 276 s. ISBN 80-7007-100-1. info
- A companion to ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1993, xxii, 565. ISBN 0-631-18785-5. info
- Assessment methods
- Lecture, seminar work, study of primary literary sources, seminar presentation, active participation and discussion in seminars required, 75 percent attendance, credit given on the basis of a test, active participation in seminars and 75 percent attendance
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/etika/index.html
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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