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Lecturer(s)
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Řebíková Barbora, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Thematic plan of the course is following: 1. Introducing thoughts 2. Introduction into philosophical and ethical thinking 3. Main ethical theories - consequentialist theories 4. Main ethical theories - deontology and ethics of virtue 5. The relationship of ethics and law 6. Moral status of embryo 7. The death as philosophical and scientific issue 8. Ethical codexes and promises 9. Issue of human (Who is a human?) 10. Surrogate motherhood 11. Assisted reproduction and genetic manipulation 12. Contemporary environmental bioethical issues 13. Selected current casuistries from bioethics
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course is focused on gaining of the basic orientation in topics of the contemporary ethics and bioethics and applicability of ethics to specific topics, such as issue of surrogate motherhood, moral status of embryo, genetic engineering and genetic manipulation. The course orientates the students in main etic theories and introduces them with the history and the contemporary state of this discipline which by its character overreaches academic environment and intervenes in everyday life. The main contribution of the course is not only to introduce solving of fundamental ethical and bioethical questions but as well to show an ambiguity of these solutions and uncertainty of accepting of the ethical system. It leads to individual critical thinking, the ability to formulate arguments and express own opinion.
A student will gain the overview in main ethical theories. He/she will develop the term basis needed for understanding of ethical problems. He/she will be capable of independent argumentation. He/she will develop the ability to understand the texts and discuss and think independently within ethics.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
active presence 70% test
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Recommended literature
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Kuře Josef a kolektiv. Kapitoly z lékařské etiky. Brno, 2012.
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Levinas Emmanuel. Etika a nekonečno. Praha, 1994.
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Pascal Blaise. Myšlenky. Praha, 2000.
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Vácha Marek. Základy moderní lékařské etiky. Praha, 2012.
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