UBKKA011 Information Ethics 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marek Timko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marek Timko, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Nejsou.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student should after the course be able to describe and explain the fundamental moral categories and characterize individual ethical concepts (historical and contemporary). He should be able to characterize their own ethical views and assign them to the different types of moral reasoning.
Syllabus
  • Ethics as a practical philosophy
    Moral values
    Ethics in Ancient times
    Ethics in the Medieval times
    Ethics in 19th century
    Current trends in ethics
    Applied ethics
Literature
    required literature
  • SOKOL, J. Etika a život. Praha, 2010. info
  • NESVADBA, P. Filosofie a etika. Plzeň, 2006. info
  • Kodex etiky českých knihovníků [online]. 2004. URL info
  • THOMPSON, M. Přehled etiky. Praha, 2004. info
  • ANZENBACHER, A. Úvod do etiky. Praha, 2001. info
  • JÁNOŠ, K. Informační etika. 2003, 1993. info
    recommended literature
  • FIALA, B. Etika. Karviná: OPF SU, 2001. ISBN 80-7248-138-X. info
  • PŘÍKASKÝ, J. V. Učebnice základů etiky. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-7192-505-5. info
  • PEXIDR, K. Úvod do studia etiky. Plzeň, 1996. info
  • HABÁŇ, M. Přirozená etika. Praha, 1991. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
75% attendance at lectures, preparation of a written assessment work and passing the class exam.
Credit: This work will include consideration to one of the questions (see below) and critical comment for consideration, in which the student describes and justify their own arguments and assign it to a specific type of ethical concepts (if those types will be more, so shall all) . The mere reflection will range min. 3 norm. pages (1800 characters per page in font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing. Recommended font Times New Roman), max 5 pages! Comment will range min. 1 standard (max. 3 pages)!
Topics for consideration: happiness as the goal of the good life, freedom and responsibility, conscience, ethical category, the problem of ethical relativism, evolutionary assumptions of morality, morality as a product of culture. Class exam: written test, students will consist of three open-ended questions that will correspond to the three thematic areas (see above). The graduation exam, the student must correctly and to the extent appropriate to answer at least two questions!

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