OVp106N Ethics-lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Thu 8:00–8:50 učebna 36
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
OVp106N/01: Thu 9:00–9:50 učebna 28, S. Lesňák
OVp106N/02: Mon 11:00–11:50 učebna 22, S. Lesňák
OVp106N/03: Mon 10:00–10:50 učebna 38, S. Lesňák
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
The aim is to help students gain insight into current ethical theories in connection with the contemporary moral problems of contemporary society.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to: - to perceive different ethical contexts of contemporary problems - to make reasoned decisions on specific moral problems - to show an overview of current ethical theories - compare contemporary ethical theories to solving a particular problem
Syllabus
  • 1) The crisis and morality. 2) Example of failure of modernism - Nazism , Communism . The question of guilt by K. Jaspers. 3) Humanistic morality and conscience (E.Fromm). 4) Postmodernism and moral crisis. 5) Feminist ethics. 6) Professional ethics. The Ethics of Teaching. 7) Business Ethics. 8) Bioethics. 10) Ethics of technology. 11) Political ethics. The ethics of war. 12) Moral issues in fiction.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MARKOŠ, Ján. Medzi dobrom a zlom : 16 etických dilem, pred ktorými môžete raz stáť i vy. Vydanie prvé. Bratislava: N Press, s.r.o., 2020, 307 stran. ISBN 9788099925503. info
  • LESŇÁK, Slavomír and Barbora VACKOVÁ. Jan Patočka a naše doba. Sborník příspěvků mezinárodní konference (Jan Patočka and Our Age. Proceedings of the International Conference). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8958-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-8958-2018. publikace info
  • Ethics in the real world : 82 brief essays on things that matter. Edited by Peter Singer. Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017, xvi, 359. ISBN 9780691178479. info
  • VALACH, Milan. Češi v neklidné době. 1. vyd. Brno: L. Marek, 2006, 306 s. ISBN 8086263754. info
  • A companion to ethics. Edited by Peter Singer. 1st ed. Malden: Blackwell Pub., 1991, xxii, 565. ISBN 0631187855. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar.
Assessment methods
The fulfilling requirements of this course is a) a written essay (at least 7 pages), based on two books from the list; b) active participation in class (project, presentation, discussion).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2024/OVp106N