PHK1206 Ethics I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 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
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
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
    required literature
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • A companion to ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1993, xxii, 565. ISBN 0-631-18785-5. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar work, seminar paper
Assessment methods
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.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Informace o rozvrhu kurzu najdete zde: http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkfi/home/studium/rozvrh-ks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 10 hod., z toho 6 hodin formou přednášky, 4 hodiny formou osobní konzultace na základě potřeb studenta.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/etika/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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