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Ethical Questions of Modern Science

Summary

The subject Ethical Questions of Modern Science considers an introduction to the problematic of humanitarian and ethical principles in contemporary science. It acquaints with basic ethical conceptions, theories and critical standpoints. It offers summary of present ethical positions and put an attantion to controversial ethical topics of present world and science. This subject accents specifications of ethical norms for science working as a prodigy of society and definitions of ethical norms in relation to a science and a society. Students recieve a knowledge which also includes basics of ethics of physics, bioethics and ethics of the latest technologies.

Literature

MacIntyre, Alasdair: A Short History of Ethics (2nd edition). Routledge, 2002.
Thompson, Mel: Ethical Theory. London: Hodder Murray, 2005.

Advised literature

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


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, angličtina, angličtina, čeština, angličtina, čeština, angličtina
Code 711-0199
Abbreviation EOMV
Course title Ethical Questions of Modern Science
Coordinating department Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator prof. PhDr. Jaromír Feber, CSc.