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Lecturer(s)
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Hoblík Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction (justification and outline of systematic ethics, anthropological and sociological assumptions of contemporary ethics). 2. Acting as an ethical problem (acting in M. Weber and H. Arendt). 3. Foundations of ethics (reason and freedom, rationalist and empirical ethics, hedonism and utilitarianism; sub-disciplines of ethics). 4. Relativisation of ethics (philosophical scepticism, K. Marx, F. Nietszche, S. Freud). 5. Constitutive elements of ethics (object, subject, forms, normative instances, context). 6. Contemporary areas of ethical inquiry: ethics and speech, existentialist ethics, ethics of discourse, ethics of communication. 7. Individual and social ethics (ethics of thought, the concept of conscience; G. Simmel). 8. The value of man (M. T. Cicero, I. Kant). 9. Concretization 1 (basic questions of medical and sexual ethics). 10. Concretization 2 (justice and peace ethics (peace as an ethical problem, critique of the just war theory - I. Kant, E. Tugendhat, H. Küng). 11: Concretization 3 (political, institutional, economic, business ethics - K. Homann, P. Ulrich). 12. Religious ethics (Judaic, Christian, Islamic ethics). 13. Religious ethics (Hindu and Buddhist ethics; ethics in the context of religious pluralism). 14. Introduction to ecological and animal ethics (A. Schweizer, A. Leopold, K. Lorenz, P. Singer).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Systematic ethics, on the one hand, reflects substantively on the proper role of ethics and, on the other hand, approaches ethics as a reflection on a set of serious issues of human action in various spheres of life, such as the areas of partnership and sexuality, justice and law, war and peace, health and illness, the economy, the environment, and religion.
Student will acquire the following academic knowledge: - get acquainted with basic ethical terminology - gain an overview of the main ethical concepts - get acquainted with the themes of ethics and their context - can apply ethical issues to various philosophical systems - can think ethically in the context of ethics itself, philosophy and life in general
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Written and oral exam verifying the knowledge of basic content, work and ability of ethical thinking on problems of discipline.
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Recommended literature
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ANZENBACHER, A. Úvod do etiky. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-200-0917-5.
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FLETCHER, J. Situační etika. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7017-126-4.
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FUCHS, E. Co dělá naše jednání dobrým?. Jihlava, 2007. ISBN 80-86498-03-4.
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KOHÁK, E. Člověk, dobro a zlo: O smyslu života v zrcadle dějin (Kapitoly z dějin morální filosofie). Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-901625-3-3.
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RICKEN, F. Obecná etika. Praha, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-72-2.
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ROTTER, H. Osoba a etika. Brno, 1997. ISBN 80-85959-18-6.
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THOMPSON, M. Přehled etiky. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-806-6.
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