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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2001/2002

Ethics

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 711-0112/03
Abbreviation Etika
Course title Ethics
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator Fiktivní Uživatel

Cíle předmětu

Course objectives expressed by achieved skills and competence:
Student defines primary terms of moral philosophy (ethics) and describes and compares various ethics theories. Students completing the course will be able to:
- Effectively use basic methodological approaches in ethics;
- To understand the basic ethical concepts;
- Ethically justify ours decisions in cases in which engineers and technicians are insufficient everyday moral intuitions.
- Assess the legitimacy of ethical arguments in solving conflict situations;
- Identify your own strengths and weaknesses in the present solutions ethical dilemma.

Povinná literatura

MacIntyre, Alasdair: A Short History of Ethics (2nd edition). Routledge, 2002.
Thompson, Mel: Ethical Theory. London: Hodder Murray, 2005.
WHITBECK, C. ETHICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH (Second Edition), Cambridge University Press 2011, New York, USA, Second edition published 2011, ISBN 978-0-521-89797-6 .
FLEDDERMANN, CH, B. Engineering Ethics, Pearson Education Limited 2014, Edinburgh, ISBN 10:1-292-01252-8.

Doporučená literatura

Thompson, Mel: An Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics (Access to Religion and Philosophy). London: Hodder Murray, 2003.