UPPVIP014 Ethics

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:05–8:50 C206
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UPPVIP014/A: Tue 8:55–9:40 C206, P. Slováček
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethics  basic definition of ethics, origin of ethical thinking, relationship of ethics to philosophy and tradition; nature of ethical norms; division of ethics
  • 2. Basic concepts of ethics and their relationships  ethical (moral) pre-understanding and its category (good/evil), moral evaluation, conscience, volunteering, responsibility, justice, human value, autonomy, values, virtues, dilemmas, etc.
  • 3. Ethics and religious studies  Judaism and Christianity as the indispensable sources of European ethical thought
  • 4. Basic ethical concepts I  ancient and medieval concepts: ethics of virtue, hedonism, natural law
  • 5. Basic Ethical Concepts II  modern age and current concepts: social contract, utilitarism, ethics of justice, ethics of duty
  • 6. Basic Ethical Concepts III  theory of intuitiveism, emotivism; deontological, positively legal and eudaimonistic concepts
  • 7. Ethics in social work  specifics of ethics in social work in the space given by the client, environment and social worker, ethics of care
  • 8. Codes of ethics in social work  the importance and development of codes of ethics in history. Code of Conduct for social workers in the Czech Republic
  • 9. Values in social work  value definition, value types, relevance of the concept values in social work
  • 10. The individual, their autonomy and dignity,  the dimension of partnership in social work
  • 11. Social work and religious thinking  ethical relevance of meeting with others, religion and culture, multiculturalism
  • 12. The human-right context of social work  concept of human rights as the most general basis for ethical codes in social worker
Literature
    required literature
  • FISCHER, O., MILFAIT, R. Etika pro sociální práci. Praha: JABOK, 2008. ISBN 978-80-904137-3-3. info
  • HRUBEC, M. a kol. Kritická teorie společnosti. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7007-403-9. info
  • RICH, A. Etika hospodářství I. Praha: Oikúmené, 1994, ISBN 80-85241-67-1.
  • THOMPSON, M. Přehled etiky. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-606-6. info
  • SLOVÁČEK, P. Etika. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2017. Dostupné z: https://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/enrol/index.php?id=218.
    recommended literature
  • ANZENBACHER, A. Úvod do etiky. Praha: Academia, 2001. ISBN 80-200-0917-5. info
  • FISCHER, O., MILFAIT, R. Etika pro sociální práci. Praha: JABOK, 2008. ISBN 978-80-904137-3-3. info
  • HRUBEC, M. Od zneuznání ke spravedlnosti. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7007-362-9. info
  • ROVENSKÝ, J. a kol. Krize a politické křižovatky. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7007-370-4. info
Assessment methods
Credit full-time study: attendance, active participation in seminars
Credit part-time study: defence of elaborated correspondence assignments
Exam: The course will be completed by an examination verifying the knowledge of the topics discussed.
*Specification of the conditions for completion of the course will always be placed in the information system before the start of the course in the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Students will be able to use the usual consultation hours of the instructor and their e-mail contact.

The course has an LMS Moodle course at https://elearning.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=133, which is used for electronic communication with teachers and students.

The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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