| Course title | Human and Its Ethical Dimension |
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| Course code | KVS/KCED@ |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 3 |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Topics: Theoretical definition of ethics as a scientific discipline (subject, methodology, goals, basic ethical subdisciplines, basal terminology, concepts of value, conscience, morality, good). Basic ideas of selected ethical directions. Ethical and moral dilemmas in the past and present society. Axiological and moral context of the educational process at present. Ethics and morality (relationship and differences). Conscience, the concept of the soul. Ethical virtues (meaning, historical parallels and changes in time). Happiness and good (ethical realism). Freedom and responsibility. Standards and values in society, definition of own values. Justice. Categorical imperative. Reason and emotions in practical ethics. Materialistic concept in ethics.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course will introduce students to the systematic interpretation of ethics and major ethical categories. Emphasis will also be placed on linking knowledge with some other social science disciplines (especially philosophy) and on applying theoretical knowledge to specific practical situations. At the end of the course students should be able to: "to define ethics as a science, to characterize its subject, to use and apply the basic conceptual apparatus, "understand and explain the essence of individual ethical trends, "to clarify the relationship between ethics, morality and philosophy, "to define the nature of ethical and moral problems in the historical context and in the present,
Application of theoretical ethical postulates in practice. |
| Prerequisites |
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The prerequisite is the orientation of students in the literature and knowledge of basal terminology.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance
Attendance at lectures, self-study, preparation for exam. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences: Teaching Focus (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences with a Focus on Education (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |