OV2BP_SDE1 History of Ethics 1-seminar

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Milan Valach, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Milan Valach, Ph.D.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Marie Baráčková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OV2BP_SDE1/01: Mon 12:30–13:15 učebna 41, M. Valach
OV2BP_SDE1/02: Mon 16:10–16:55 učebna 41, M. Valach
OV2BP_SDE1/03: Mon 17:05–17:50 učebna 41, M. Valach
OV2BP_SDE1/04: Tue 7:55–8:40 učebna 41, M. Valach
OV2BP_SDE1/05: Tue 8:50–9:35 učebna 41, M. Valach
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OV2BP_DE1 History of Ethics 1-lecture )
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
Course objectives
Seminars link on lectures from history of ethics. Emphasis is given on understanding historical coherences of Greek and following conceptions and on inner logics of individual systems
Syllabus
  • 1)Introduction to the ethics.
  • 2) The importance of moral rules in the life of an individum and society as whole.
  • 3) Herakleitos, sophist s doubt.
  • 4) Demokritos and Epikuros.
  • 5)Plato as theoretist of totalitarism.
  • 6) Aristoteles - the meaning of freedom.
  • 7) Stoicism- problem of fatalism.
  • 8) The beginnings of christianity.
  • 9)Machiavelli and the philosophy of history. 10) Hobbes.
  • 11) Protestant ethics and the beginning of capitalism.
  • 12) J. J. Rousseau- private ownership as the cause of social evil
  • 13) I. Kant
Literature
  • VALACH, Milan. Svět na předělu (The World at the Dividing line). první. Brno: Doplněk, 2000, 324 pp. Současné myšlení. ISBN 80-7239-047-3. info
Assessment methods
Seminar, written homework, credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/wphil/clenove/valach/valach.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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