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Lecturer(s)
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Machula Tomáš, prof. Ph.D., Th.D.
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Course content
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1. Beatitude (Happiness) - The Ultimate end of Human Life. 2. Reading of selected texts from Nicomachean Ethics and Summa I-II, 1-5 (comparison) 3. Human Act and Moral Responsibility. Potencies of the Soul and their Role in the Ethics 4. The Structure of Human Nature. Moral Law. 5. Reading of selected texts abou law. 6. Conscience - reading of Summa I, 79, 12-13 7. Intellectual Virtues. Prudence. 8. Justice - introduction 9. Selected questions - killing, lies, usury 10. Fortitude - introduction 11. Temperance - introduction 12. Theological Dimension of Aquinas' Ethics
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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An introduction to the principles of Thomas Aquinas's ethics. The lectures deal with the basic concepts, theories and arguments of the ethical theory of Thomas Aquinas. It starts with the concept of happiness (eudaimonia, beatitude), continues with the natural law theory and ends with the moral virtues.
Student knows basic concepts and theories of Aquinas's ethics.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination
Student is able to interpret basic concepts and arguments of Thomistic ethics with respect to the literature.
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Recommended literature
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Leo J. Elders. The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas. Frankfurt, 2005. ISBN 3-631-53748-4.
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McInerny. Ethica thomistica.
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Pope, Stephen J. The ethics of Aquinas. Washington, D.C : Georgetown University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-87840-888-6.
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