| Course title | Systemic Ethics |
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| Course code | KPF/B030 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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1. Anthropological assumptions of contemporary ethics 2. Ethics as a philosophical discipline (descriptive and normative ethics, metaethics, applied ethics) 3. Religious Ethics 4. Moral virtue and Aretology 5. Moral goodness, sense and happiness 6. Behaviour as an ethical problem 7. Hedonism and the term of pleasure 8. Empiricist ethics and Utilitarianism 9. Ethics and ways of thinking and the term of conscience 10. Sense and freedom as a condition of morality, the concept of duty 11. Skepticism, Nietzsche and materialistic relativization of ethics 12. Ethics and ways of thinking, values, situational ethics, 13. New concepts: existentialist ethics, analytical ethics, discourse ethics, ethics of communication
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course will get students acquainted with philosophical discipline itself, and then classify it as a philosophical discipline. Primarily, the aim of the course is to systematically present the basic ethical concepts and central concepts. Simultaneously, it is related to the history of thought that was evident in historical development of individual concepts and their relationship, particularly the relationship of ancient and modern ethics.
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 |
| Prerequisites |
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The course has no prerequisite courses.
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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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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |