FF:PH2210 Contemporaty Ethics - Course Information
PH2210 Contemporary Ethics
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 14:10–15:45 J21
- Prerequisites
- PH_SoZ Compreh. Exam. in Phil. || PROGRAM ( N - PH ) || PROGRAM ( N - HS ) || PROGRAM ( N - SS )
Bachelor's exam - 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
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course presents selected problems and issues of current ethics by means of interpretation of excerpts from ethical works or philosophical works with ethical implications. The aim is to acquaint students with part of current ethical discourse. Students will receive information on themes, questions and discussions of current ethics, will be able to reconstruct basic contexts and arguments included in the work of selected philosophers.
- Syllabus
- Daniel C. Dennett: On the emergence of morality
- John R. Searle: Free will as a problem of neurobiology.
- Philippa Foot: Is the Good a natural property?
- Richard Dawkins/Marc Hauser: Religious justification of morality
- Collin McGinn: Can the ethical be explained by the esthetic?
- Peter Singer: How to live? Why do people live morally?
- Christine M. Korsgaard: Morality and human action.
- Peter Sloterdijk: Atmoterorism, militant climatology, zónes of risky and privileged breathing.
- Jean Baudrillard: Reversibility of Evil
- John Henry Mc Dowell: Non-naturalistic realism
- Literature
- required literature
- DENNETT, D. C. Darwin's dangerous idea : evolution and the meanings of life. London: Penguin Books, 1996, 586 s. ISBN 014016734X. info
- FOOT, Philippa. Die Wirklichkeit des Guten : Moralphilosophische Aufsätze. Edited by Anton Leist - Ursula Wolf, Translated by Hermann Vetter. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997, 254 s. ISBN 3596129613. info
- BAUDRILLARD, Jean. Simulacra and simulation. Translated by Sheila Faria Glaser. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994, 164 stran. ISBN 9780472065219. info
- SANDEL, Michael J. Co si za peníze (ne)koupíte : společnost vstupuje do nové éry, vše je na prodej. Translated by Kateřina Růžičková. 1. vydání. Brno: BizBooks, 2013, 207 stran. ISBN 9788026500605. info
- DAWKINS, Richard. Boží blud : přináší náboženství útěchu, nebo bolest? Translated by Zuzana Gabajová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2009, 477 s. ISBN 9788020016980. info
- WELSCH, Wolfgang. Estetické myslenie. Bratislava: Archa, 1993, 168 s. ISBN 80-7115-063-0. info
- SINGER, Peter. Practical ethics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, xiii, 395. ISBN 052143971X. info
- recommended literature
- SEARLE, John R. Freedom and neurobiology : reflections on free will, language, and political power. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, 113 s. ISBN 9780231510554. info
- MCDOWELL, John. Wert und Wirklichkeit :Aufsätze zur Moralphilosophie. Edited by Axel Honneth - Martin Seel, Translated by Joachim Schulte. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2002, 238 s. ISBN 3-518-58324-7. info
- not specified
- MCGINN, Colin. The character of mind : an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, viii, 176. ISBN 0198752083. info
- SINGER, Peter. One world : the ethics of globalization. 2nd ed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004, xxv, 235. ISBN 0300103050. info
- SLOTERDIJK, Peter. Blasen. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1998, 644 s. ISBN 3-518-41022-9. info
- BAUDRILLARD, Jean. Symbolic exchange and death. Edited by Mike Gane, Translated by Iain Hamilton Grant. Repr. London: SAGE Publications, 1995, xiv, 254. ISBN 0803983999. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, discussions on selected texts, contributions to discussion, independent research, course ends with colloquium. To get the credit the students are required to hand in written preparations for lectures (1-2 pages)in the "homework vault" in IS - each contains the major theses, statements and arguments contained in the text, own commentary, justified counter-arguments. Prepared texts will be available to other students who will be able to discuss them on the lecture. The preparations must be handed in time. The homework vault in IS will be closed on the day of the lecture and will not be accessible later. The student who will not hand in preparations in time will not receive the credit. No tests, no exams, just carefully prepared and handed in preparations based on the source literature.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/etika/index.html
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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