PH0188 Experimental and Empirical Ethics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Radim Brázda, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Tue 15:00–15:45 C11
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
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to describe and explain the most recent trends in the research in morality in the field of empirical sciences. They will be able to explain new methods in the research and the contribution of disciplines such as neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology, primatology, experimental philosophy to the exploration of the phenomenon. They will be able to assess the relevance of empirical approach to normative issues.
Syllabus
  • Introduction: new trends in the research of morality - the role of empirical sciences;
  • neuroscience/philosophy: Sam Harris
  • neuroscience/philosophy: Joshua Greene
  • social psychology: Johathan Haidt
  • psychology/cognitive science: Paul Bloom
  • primatology: Frans de Waal
  • neurophilosophy: Patricia Churchland
  • experimental philosophy: Joshua Knobe
Literature
  • HARRIS, Sam. The moral landscape : how science can determine human values. 1st Free press hardcover ed. New York: Free, 2010, 291 s. ISBN 9781439171219. info
  • Moral psychology. Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 2008, xix, 569. ISBN 9780262693554. info
  • Moral psychology. Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 2008, xviii, 585. ISBN 9780262693578. info
  • Moral psychology. Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 2008, xíx, 583. ISBN 9780262693547. info
  • HAIDT, Jonathan. The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail: A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgement. 2001, 20 pp. Psychological Review, 108/4, 814-834. ISSN 0033-295X. info
  • DARWIN, Charles. The origin of species : by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. Edited by J. W. Burrow. London: Penguin Books, 1968, 476 s. ISBN 0140432051. info
  • DARWIN, Charles. Výraz emocí u člověka a u zvířat. Edited by Vladimír Tardy, Translated by Josef Král - Václav Příhoda. Vyd. české 1. Praha: Československá akademie věd, 1964, 280 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
final test, min 60 percent
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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