FF:PHV302 Apllied Ethics: Reading - Course Information
PHV302 Apllied Ethics: Reading
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- 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
- Fri 10:00–11:40 B2.22, except Fri 19. 4.
- Prerequisites
- ! PH0187 Applied Ethics
The ability to read 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 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to introduce students to important texts in applied ethics.
- Learning outcomes
- The successful student will be able to read and interpret English texts in applied ethics and explain the key concepts.
- Syllabus
- The reading materials may include:
- Aquinas on suicide
- Kant on suicide
- Rachels - More Impertinent Distinctions and a Defense of Active Euthanasia
- Marquis - An Argument that Abortion is Wrong
- Mill - A Speech in Favour of Capital Punishment
- Bedau - The Case Against the Death Penalty
- Regan - The Case for Animal Rights
- Machan - Do Animals Have Rights?
- Leopold - The Land Ethic
- Fieser - An Argument Against Normative Ecocentrism
- It is possible that some other relevant readings may be used instead of the above, if plausible.
- Literature
- Ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, x, 415. ISBN 0192892452. info
- Teaching methods
- reading and interpretation, discussion
- Assessment methods
- Written test, open questions , min. 60 percent to pass. Attendance max. 2 unexcused absences. Combined students three in-term quizzes, min. 60 percent in total to pass. Passing these is a condition for taking the final test.
- Language of instruction
- English
- 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
- https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/course/view.php?id=7847#section-13
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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