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Lecturer(s)
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Moural Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Course content
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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. 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.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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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 300 minutes) and continue to study relevant primary and secondary literature.
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Prerequisites
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Since the course is somewhat difficult, it is desirable that students be at least slightly advanced in philosophy.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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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.).
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Recommended literature
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Tugendhat, Ernst. Přednášky o etice. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7298-086-6.
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