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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KFR
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MCOE
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Contemporary Ethics
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
7
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / 5
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0 / 0
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0 / 15
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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Course description
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the main contemporary (from 20th century on) ethical theories in the Anglophone philosophical area, complemented by the major representatives of ethics in the Continental tradition. These traditions will be studied separately in a parallel manner, each will include a seminar part in which students will read and discuss primary texts relevant to the topics.
Continental ethics:
The course will introduce the student to the main traditions within continental ethics of the 20th century, including phenomenology, existentialism, feminism, postcolonialism and post-structuralism. We will investigate how these theoretical frameworks have influenced philosophical research on current ethical issues concerning the medicalization of the human and body, the status of the other, racism and colonialism, artificial intelligence and digitalization, our relationship to the environment, and many others. The course consists of introductory lectures on the main traditions, and classroom discussion, starting from the reading of a selection of primary texts relevant to the topics of the lecture part.
Analytic ethics:
This course offers an introduction to analytic ethics since the second half of the 20th century. After surveying some of the central themes in current metaethics, the main body of the course will explore the 'triumvirate' of the three dominant contemporary traditions: consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. We will read a mixture of introductory and classical texts to get acquainted with the three traditions and take a look at some important criticisms that have been brought forth against them. The course concludes by leaving the philosophical mainstream to discuss Wittgenstein's legacy in ethics.
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Requirements on student
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Credit requirements:
1. Active attendance in the course, preparation of the reading (the student can miss three sessions maximum).
2. Written assignment (Examination/graded): Essay in English (7-10 normed pages, 3500-5000 words) to be submitted by a given date (to be settled).
3. Test (Credit): Test at the end of semester (May 13th), verifying basic knowledge of the topics discussed in the course.
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Content
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Continental ethics:
Film screening: Examined Life (Astra Taylor, 2008)
Introductory lectures:
-Phenomenology and embodied philosophy
-Existentialism
-Postcolonialism
-Feminism
-Post-structuralism and post-humanism
Reading sessions:
-Classics of the 20th century
-Contemporary issues
Analytic ethics:
- Metaethics
- Consequentialism
- Deontology
- Virtue Ethics
- Wittgensteinian Ethics
- Critiques of the different traditions
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Beran, Ph.D. ,
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Lecturer:
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Beran, Ph.D. (100%),
PhDr. Antony Fredriksson, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Kamila Pacovská, Ph.D. (100%),
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Seminar lecturer:
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Beran, Ph.D. (100%),
PhDr. Antony Fredriksson, Ph.D. (100%),
Philip Julian Strammer, PhD. (100%),
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Examiners:
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Beran, Ph.D.,
PhDr. Antony Fredriksson, Ph.D.,
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Literature
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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Teaching methods |
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Assessment methods |
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