Ethics WF-OB-ETY
The lecture is an attempt to explain what is the moral interpretation of human activities (attitudes, decisions, reactions, etc.). During the course the following issues will be discussed:
1. Ethics and morality
2. Ethical directions
3. Human a person
4. Act as a conscious human action
5. Human freedom
6. Moral responsibility
7. What is conscience?
8. Guilt and feeling of guilt
9. Thomist and phenomenological concept of values
10. Philosophical conceptions of virtues
11. Philosophical conceptions of justice
12. Ethical dimension of friendship
13. Linguistic harm
14. The experience ot time and identity of subject
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge: student knows what ethics as an academic discipline, knows main ethical directions, points out principles of moral evaluation of human action, defines and describes basic ethical categories: freedom, responsibility, coscience, values, virtues
Skills: student analyzes, interprets and criticizes texts of ethics, can argues and establish criterias of moral evaluation
Competence: student is able to participate in ethical discussion, perceives moral dimension of reality, being aware of its multifaceted, respects another human and appreciates the importance of moral values in human life
ECTS:
Participation in the lecture - 30 hours
Text reading - 10 hours
Written text analysis - 5 hours
Preparation for the exam - 10 hours
Consultation - 5 hours
Total hours - 60: 30 = 2 ECTS
Assessment criteria
Knowledge:
- on grade 2 (ndst): a student does not know what ethics is as a scientific discipline, does not know the main ethical direction, does not define basic ethical categories
- on grade 3 (dst.): student knows what ethics is as a scientific discipline, knows the main ethical lines but can not explain them, defines basic ethical categories
- on grade 4 (db.): student student knows what ethics is as a scientific discipline, knows the main ethical directions and can describe them briefly, indicates principles of moral evaluation of human activity, defines and characterizes basic ethical categories
- on grade 5 (bdb.): a student knows what ethics is as a scientific discipline, knows the main ethical directions and describes them precisely, indicates the principles of moral evaluation of human activity, defines and details the basic ethical categories
Skills:
- on grade 2 (ndst.): the student does not read and does not analyze ethical philosophical texts, can not justify a particular ethical position
- on grade 3 (dst.): student reads, but does not analyze ethical philosophical texts, selects few arguments for a particular ethical position on a given issue
- on grade 4 (db.): student reads and analyzes ethical philosophical texts, can justify a particular ethical position
- on assessment 5 (bdb.): the student analyzes, interprets and rationally criticizes ethical philosophical texts, selects logical arguments for a particular ethical position on the subject, establishes ethical evaluation criteria
Competence:
The degree of moral awareness of the reality is assessed, as well as the ability to discuss ethical issues: drawing appropriate conclusions and selecting arguments.
The final grade consists of:
1) evaluation from the test
2) evaluation with written analysis of the indicated text
3) participation and activity in class
Bibliography
Etyka. Antologia tekstów, wyb. Z. Kalita, Wrocław 1995.
Arystoteles, Etyka nikomachejska [w:] Dzieła wszystkie, t. 5, Warszawa 2002.
Ślipko T., Zarys etyki ogólnej, Kraków 2002.
Styczeń T., Problem możliwości etyki jako empirycznie uprawnionej i ogólnie ważnej teorii moralności, Lublin 1972.
Tugendhat E., Wykłady o etyce, Warszawa 2004.
Spaemann R., Podstawowe pojęcia moralne, Lublin 2000.
Spaemann R., Osoby. O różnicy między kimś a czymś, Warszawa 2001.
Spaemann R., Szczęście a życzliwość. Esej o etyce, Lublin 1997.
Wojtyła K., Osoba i czyn oraz inne studia antropologiczne, Lublin 2000.
Ingarden R., Książeczka o człowieku, Kraków 2003.
Tischner, O człowieku. Wybór pism filozoficznych, Wrocław 2003.
Comte-Sponville, Mały traktat o wielkich cnotach, Warszawa 2000.
Grabowski M., Krajobraz winy, Toruń 2001.
Pamięć w filozofii XX wieku, red. Z. Rosińska, Wydawnictwo UW, Warszawa 2006.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
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