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Lecturer(s)
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Sikora Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Course structure: 1. Autonomy and morality (I. Kant) 2. Autonomy and the other (I. Kant) 3. Autonomy and evil (I. Kant) 4. Autonomy and the power of understanding. B. Spinoza 5. Autonomy and resignation. A. Schopenhauer. 6. Autonomy of the body. F. Nietzsche 7. Autonomy and Authenticity. M. Heidegger 8. Autonomy and alterity. E. Levinas 9. Autonomy and the search for meaning. J. Patočka Primary texts will be assigned during the course.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course is taught in English. It aims at a philosophical interpretation of Kant's "invention" of autonomy in dialogue with selected philosophers of the continental European tradition (A. Schopenhauer, F. Nietzsche, M. Heidegger, E. Levinas and others). In particular, it addresses the following questions: what is the content and importance of Kant's notion of autonomy? Is there space in Kant's thought for a relation to the other? What is the truth of the suspicion that Kantian autonomy is incapable of a proper relation to alterity, whether the alterity of the other, of the world, or of God? In what form does this motif live on in the thought of Kant's followers, whether friends or enemies?
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Prerequisites
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This course does not assume the completion of any other similar course.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Requirements: Active participation in the course and a dialogical presentation on the selected topic.
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Recommended literature
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