Course: Ethics for the Theological Studies

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Course title Ethics for the Theological Studies
Course code KFK/4ETN
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 unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cajthaml Martin, prof. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Origin of moral philosophy in Socrates (the question of good life, care of the soul, moral intellectualism) 2. Further development of moral philosophy in Plato 3. Aristotle´s moral philosophy (happiness, virtue, purposive choice) 4. Kant´s moral philosophy (formalism, moral law, good will, intention, duty) 5. Utilitarianism and consequentialism 6. Material value ethics (D. von Hildebrand)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
A survey of basic problems and conceptions of philosophical ethics on the historical basis.
Students will gain orientation in basic types of ethical argumentation and they will be able to evaluate such an argumentation critically.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Dialog

Pass colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Aristoteles. (1996). Etika Nikomachova. Rezek, Praha.
  • D. von Hildebrand. Ethik.
  • J.S. Mill. Utilitarianism.
  • Kant, I. Základy metafyziky mravů..
  • Patočka Jan. (1991). Sokrates.. Praha.
  • Platón. Gorgias, Obrana Sókrata.
  • Tomáš Akvinský,, Soukup, E., & Švach, P. (1940). Theologické summy svatého Tomáše Akvinského. Olomouc: Krystal.


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