Course: Ethics - Contemporary Theories

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Course title Ethics - Contemporary Theories
Course code KFHS/K430
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Moural Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction to the current situation in ethics and metaethics (text: R. Rorty). 2. Negotiations and types of its evaluation; traditionalistic and natural concept of morality 3. Moral judgment and moral affections; duty and good. 4. Kant's moral concept and its reworking in Tugendhat. 5.-6. Kant and Fundamentals of the metaphysics of morals 1-2. 7. Discursive ethics. Ethics of compassion, zooetics, unborn life. 8. Anti-enlightenment ethics. 9.-10. Ethics of virtues and its incorporation into Tugendhat's concept. 11. Utilitarianism. 12. Human rights and justice. 13. Summary of interpretation; application; ethics and politics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
We discuss the current situation in ethics and metaethics. The lectures are largely based on the position of Ernst Tugendhat, proposed in his Přednášky o etice (2004).
Having finished the course, students will be able to teach on its topic (extent ca 240 minutes) and continue to study relevant primary and secondary literature.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To finish the course succesfully students need to show that they know and understand main points of the lectures and/or of the required reading (extent ca 230 p.).
Recommended literature
  • Tugendhat, Ernst. Přednášky o etice. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-086-6.


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