PHV407 History of Ethics II: Selected Chapters

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 A11, except Mon 15. 4.
Prerequisites
! PH0219 Hist. of Ethics II
Precondition - History of ethics I
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
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Course objectives
The course continues the cycle of lectures Ethics I. The goal is to acquaint the student with the basic works of ethics from Renaissance to the beginning of 20th century.
Learning outcomes
Students get an overview of the basic events, figures and works in moral philosophy, learn the structure and major theses and arguments of key works of moral philosophy (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Spinoza, Hume, Bentham, Mill, Kant, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Nietzsche). Students will learn to interpret key moral philosophical works in the era using the knowledge of primary literature sources.
Syllabus
  • Hobbes
  • Locke
  • Rousseau
  • Spinoza
  • Hume
  • Bentham/Mill
  • Kant
  • Schopenhauer
  • Hegel
  • Nietzsche
Literature
  • HOBBES, Thomas. Leviathan, neboli, O podstatě, zřízení a moci státu církevního a občanského. Translated by Jan Mertl - Josef Hrůša. V Praze: Melantrich, 1941, 375 s. URL info
  • SPINOZA, Benedictus de. Etika. 2. vyd., v Dybbuku 1. Praha: Dybbuk, 2001, 268 s. ISBN 80-903001-0-3. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques. Emil, čili, O vychování. D. 2, 4. a 5. kniha; Pokračování Emila; Rejstřík. V Praze: Dědictví Komenského, 1911. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. O smlouvě společenské : čili o základech politického práva. Praha: Nakladatelství J. Otto, 186 s. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques. O společenské smlouvě neboli o zásadách státního práva. V Praze: V. Linhart, 1949. info
  • HUME, David. Zkoumání lidského rozumu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1972, 223 s. info
  • MILL, John Stuart. Bentham :utilitarizmus. Vyd. 1. Prešov: LIM, 2000, 143 s. ISBN 80-89012-01-9. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Základy metafyziky mravů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1976, 135 s. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika praktického rozumu. Translated by Jaromír Loužil. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1996, 306 s. ISBN 8020505075. info
  • SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Uber die Grundlage der Moral. Berlin: Elsnerdruck, 204 s. ISBN 3-8224-1178-7. info
  • Genealogie morálky :polemika. Edited by Friedrich Nietzsche. 1. vyd. Brno: AURORA, 2002, 147 s. ISBN 80-7299-048-9. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Mimo dobro a zlo :předehra k filosofii budoucnosti. Translated by Věra Koubová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 1996, 218 s. ISBN 80-85974-12-6. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, study of primary literature.
Assessment methods
Colloquium based on a written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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/elf3/course/view.php?id=2333
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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