Course: Seminar of Ethics

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Course title Seminar of Ethics
Course code KFI/NSETI
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English, German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimek Vojtěch, PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
Shared reading, analysis and interpretation: - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (selected passages) - Robert Spaemann, Freedom - Hans Jonas, Responsibility - Robert Spaemann, Responsibility See Moodle for details and texts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
A greater familiarization with ethical issues of freedom and responsibility with the help of selected primary texts.
A deeper understanding of the ethical problems of freedom and responsibility.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Seminar work

75% active attendance; paper; seminar work in printed form (minimum number of characters 9000). All three conditions must be met within one semester.
Recommended literature
  • Aristotelés. Etika Nikomachova, Praha 1996.
  • Jonas, H. K ontologickým základům etiky budoucnosti, Filosofický časopis 2011/6.
  • Jonas, H.:. Princip odpovědnosti. Pokus o etiku pro technologickou civilizaci.. Praha, Oikumené, 1997.
  • Spaemann, R. Štěstí a vůle k dobru. Praha, 1998.


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