Course: Reading for political philosophy

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Course title Reading for political philosophy
Course code KFHS/B181
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimsa Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Reading Plato: Defense of Socrates 2) Reading Plato II 3) Locke Reading: Letter of Tolerance 4) Reading Locke II 5) Reading Kant: To Eternal Peace 6) Reading Kant II 7) Reading J. S. Mill: On Freedom 8) Reading Mill II 9) Reading Marx: Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law 10) Reading Marx II 11) Reading Popper: An Open Society 12) Reading Popper II 13) Reading Habermas: Three normative models of democracy 14) Reading Habermas II

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Introduction to the basic issues of the relationship between philosophy and politics, freedom, justice, social contract, liberalism, democracy and republicanism. Discussion of methods, theories, interrelationships between them, their evaluation and critique.
Orientation in basic texts of political and philosophical theories. Ability to critically read and interpret.
Prerequisites
KFHS/B170 - Political philosophy
KFHS/B170

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in the seminar Papers and protocols in the seminar Colloquium
Recommended literature
  • Habermas. Teorie demokracie dnes. Praha, 2002.
  • Kant. Studie k dějinám a politice. Praha, 2013.
  • Locke. Dopis o toleranci. Brno, 2000.
  • Marx. Odcizení a emancipace. Praha, 1967.
  • Mill. O svobodě myšlení a slova. Praha, 2020.
  • Platón. Euthytrón, Obrana Sókrata, Kritón. Praha, 2012.
  • Popper. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé I. Praha, 1994.


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