| Course Unit Code | 711-0112/06 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| FEB40 | prof. PhDr. Jaromír Feber, CSc. |
| HAU40 | prof. Dr. Mgr. Tomáš Hauer |
| ZEM0106 | Mgr. Tomáš Zemčík, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The subject of research in ethics are moral convictions and their justifications. Ethics is a theoretical reflection of morality and theories of moral behavior. As a philosophical discipline reflects not only the conduct that is related to the differentiation of right and wrong, good and evil, but also examines individual and social moral convictions, in connection with that discernment arise. Ethics criticaly reflects the grounds of moral conduct, assessment and examines the background of moral values and moral convictions, the legitimacy of their reasoning, and evidence-based arguments. Develops criteria which systematize normative beliefs and offers orientation in decision-making situations in which engineers and technicians are insufficient everyday moral intuitions. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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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.
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| Course Contents |
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1. Formation and establishment of ethics as a discipline.
2. Basic ethical problems and concepts.
3. Basic methodological approaches in ethics (descriptive ethics, normative ethics, meta-ethics, applied ethics).
4. Main functions of morality, justification of moral sentences.
5. The concept of moral conduct.
6. Historical overview of ethical theory.
7. The obligation and the moral law: deontological ethics.
8. Utilitarianism.
9. Virtues ethics
10. Submission of ethical argument and its structure.
11. Thought experiments in ethics.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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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.
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Robinson, Dave – Garratt, Chris: Seznamte se… Etika. Portál Praha 2004.
Azenbacher, A. Úvod do etiky, Zvon 1994, ISBN 80-7113-111-3 |
| Recommended Reading: |
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| Thompson, Mel: An Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics (Access to Religion and Philosophy). London: Hodder Murray, 2003. |
Anzenbacher, A.: Úvod do filozofie. Praha MF 1990.
Honneth, A.: Sociální filosofie a postmoderní etika. Praha: FÚ AV ČR, 1996.
Rich, A.: Etika hospodářství. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1994.
Sedlák, J. – Hodovský, I.: Antologie z etiky. Brno: PF MU v Brně, 1993.
Semrádová, I.: Úvod do etiky. Gaudeamus, 2002.
Sen, A.: Etika a ekonomie. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2002.
Störig, H. J.: Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1995.
Tugendhat, E.: Tři přednášky o problémech etiky. Praha: MF 1998.
Aristoteles: Etika Nikomachova.
Jaspers, Karl: Otázka viny. (Příspěvek k německé otázce). Praha: MF, 1991.
Nietzsche, Friedrich: Genealogie morálky. Polemika. Praha: Aurora, 2002.
Popper, K. R. – Lorenz, K.: Budoucnost je otevřená: rozhovor v Altenbergu a texty z vídeňského popperovského sympozia. Praha: Vyšehrad 1997. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Project work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit | Credit | 85 | 85 |