(in Polish) The moral foundations of economic and social life WT-SSTN-TMF
01. Purposefulness of human action. Satisfaction and happiness.
02. Subjectivity of human choices. Means and goals.
03. Work as a way to eliminate discomfort.
04. Human cooperation.
05. Individual in the free market society.
06. The irrationality of socialist planning and state interventionism.
07. Personalistic dimension of human action.
08. Freedom and determination. Equality and inequality.
09. Participation (selfishness and altruism). Justice. Social justice.
10. The vocation to entrepreneurship.
11. Private property and its social dimension.
12. Ethical problems of various monetary systems. The problem of usury
13. The role of the free market. Common good in free market economics.
14. How many state in the state? The problem of the welfare state.
15. Morality and economics.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
knowledge:
1. The student studies the praxeology as an human action, based on the notion that humans engage in purposeful behavior
2. recognizes the basic principles of the Austrian School of Economics
3. Deepens the knowledge of the moral foundations of economic and social life.
skills:
1. The student is able to bring out the characteristic features of purposeful human action in economics
2. Recognizes main arguments of the Austrians School of Economics for the free economy.
3. Draws conclusions regarding the links between the Social Teaching of the Church and the free economy.
social competence:
1. The student uses the moral argumentation in his Church environment,
2. Popularizes the Social Teaching of the Church,
3. Justifies the rationality of faith in today's social and economic context.
Assessment criteria
Teaching methods and methods of verifying educational results :
1. classic lecture, discussion on selected issues,
2. final examination, active participation during classes
Knowledge:
unsatisfactory (fail - 2): the student does not know the moral foundations of economic and social life based on the praxeology.
satisfactory (3): has a basic knowledge of the moral foundations of economic and social life based on the praxeology.
good (4): has a good knowledge of the moral foundations of economic and social life based on the praxeology.
very good (5): has an excellent knowledge of the moral foundations of economic and social life based on the praxeology.
Skills:
unsatisfactory (2): cannot draw any general conclusions about the links between the Social Teaching of the Church and the free economy.
satisfactory (3): is able to draw few conclusions about the links between the Social Teaching of the Church and the free economy.
good (4): is able to draw conclusions about the links between the Social Teaching of the Church and the free economy.
very good (5): draws many conclusions about the links between the Social Teaching of the Church and the free economy.
Social Competences:
unsatisfactory (2): is not interested in popularizing the Social Teaching of the Church, cannot build any theological arguments for free economy.
satisfactory (3): uses some moral arguments in support of the free economy, some of which are taken from the Austrian school of economics.
good (4): promotes the attainments of the Austrian school of economics, builds on it moral arguments for the free economy.
very good (5): justifies the rationality of faith in today's social and economic context on the basis of the Austrian School praxeology.
evaluation: active participation in lectures, final examination
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