Ethics and philosophy

Lecturer:

Jiří Loudín (gar.)

Tutor:

Jiří Loudín (gar.), Jiří Kučírek (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Social Sciences

Synopsis:

The course provides a short overview of the most relevant concepts in philosophy and ethics from the viewpoint of European thinking and culture. The individual historical periods - from antiquity to middle ages and modernity - are characterized in its substance and specific contribution. The second part of the course focuses on the actual philosophical and ethical issues of modern science, technology and ecology - hence the key fields for future professional and civic life of the students of technical university.

Requirements:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

A goal of this course is to acquire basic knowledge on the most relevant concepts of the European philosophy and ethics.

Study materials:

1] Stoerig H. J. (1991), Male dejiny filosofie, Zvon, Praha.

[2] Kohak E. (1993), Clovek, dobro a zlo, Jezek, Praha.

[3] Jonas H. (1998), Princip odpovednosti, Oikumene, Praha.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:A-336 Loudín J. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A336
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: