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Lecturer(s)
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Prázný Aleš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Pacovská Kamila, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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unspecified
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is to understand the beginnings of modern ethical thought in Great Britain. In contrast to rationalism that culminates in the continent in the ethical work of Immanuel Kant, British moralists are characteristic by their empiricism: moral values in the world are based in the feeling that we have for others or for the whole society, or in the consequences of our action that lead to the good of others. That's why we don't have a priori, but a posteriori knowledge of them. Apart from the presentation and reading of the relevant texts, the course should provide for basic knowledge of English philosophical terminology and mastery of basic techniques of written and spoken discourse in English.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Home assignment evaluation, Discussion
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Recommended literature
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Čapek, J. a kol. Přístupy k etice II.. Praha, Filosofia, 2015.
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Hobbes, T. Leviathan. London: Bohn, 1839.
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Hume, D. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.
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Hume, D. Treatise of Human Nature. Oxford, 1896.
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Mill, J. S. Utilitarianism. 1861.
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Shaftesbury. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions and Times. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001.
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