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Course: Human Rights, Religion and Democracy

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Course title Human Rights, Religion and Democracy
Course code KFI/FILI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Prázný Aleš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Sikora Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
What character of God do human rights "require"? The origin and meaning of human rights. Bible and the idea of human rights. Europe, Czech lands, and the idea of human rights. The rights of a human being and a citizen of Genesis. Human rights in connection with theistic and personalistic philosophy. Monistic philosophy does not accept the law of Declaration. The dialectic of human rights according to Karl Marx. Russian political thinking under the influence of European philosophy. Human rights in the twentieth century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to outline the origins and meaning of human rights in respect to their religious and philosophical roots, to show the conditions from which human rights could have arisen, and to elucidate the importance of democracy for the development and preservation of human rights.
Students will be able to analyse cultural conditioning of the idea of human rights and theological as well as philosophical contexts of development of this idea in theory and practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test, Discussion

Credit is dependent upon presence at lessons (at least 80% of the time); knowledge of literature covered; a seminar paper (10 pages in length); and a written test.
Recommended literature
  • ARENDT, H. Was ist Politik?. München : Piper Verlag GmbH, 2003.
  • ČERMÁK, V. Otázka demokracie (3 díly). Praha: Academia, 1992.
  • HANUŠ, J. Křesťanství a lidská práva. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2002.
  • KOMÁRKOVÁ, B. Lidská práva. Praha : Eman, 1997.
  • KOMÁRKOVÁ, B. Původ a význam lidských práv. Praha : SPN, 1990.
  • KOMÁRKOVÁ, B. Sekularizovaný svět a evangelium. Curych : Konfrontace, 1981.
  • LOCKE, J. Dopis o toleranci. Brno : Atlantis, 2002.
  • MASARYK, T. G. Světová revoluce. Praha : Čin, 1930.
  • PATOČKA, J. Tři studie o Masarykovi. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1991.
  • PIEPER, J. O spravedlnosti. Řím : Křesťanská akademie, 1966.
  • TROJAN, J. Idea lidských práv v české duchovní tradici. Praha : Oikúmené, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2016) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Resocialization Pedagogy (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2013) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): - (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.05.2024 23:50.