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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. Elisabeth Anscombe and Alasdair MacIntyre - critique of the 20th century ethics 2. After Virtue and MacIntyre's diagnosis of the problem 3. MacIntyre's critique of Enlightenment ethics 4. Historical and Systematical Foundations of Virtue Ethics - Aristotle and Aquinas 5. Possibility of a Return to Virtue Ethics according to MacIntyre and Foot 6. Contemporary Virtue Ethics 7. Historical and Systematical Foundations of Natural Law - Stoics and Aquinas 8. Modern Natural Law Concepts 9. Jacques Maritain - Natural Law and Natural Rights 10. John Finnis and New Natural Law Theory 11. Critique of the New Natural Law Theory 12. Connection of Natural Law and Virtue Ethics
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Preparation for classes
- 14 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 140 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Deeper introduction to the contemporary ethical theories. The lectures are focused not only on an overview of contemporary approaches but especially on their relationships and historical background.
The student will be educated in basic concepts and questions of the natural law ethics and the virtue ethics, their historical background and contemporary situation. He/she will have a complex point of view on the topic and will be able to think and argue independently.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
1. The student must know essential information about the topic 2. The student is able to show adequate level of independent thinking and competence for philosophical discussion on the recommended books
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Recommended literature
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Finnis, John. Natural law and natural rights/. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-959914-1.
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George, Robert P. In defense of natural law. Repr. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-924299-2.
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MacIntyre, Alasdair C. After virtue : a study in moral theory. 2. ed., reprint. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. ISBN 0-268-00611-3.
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