Course: Applied Ethics in Education for Citizenship

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Course title Applied Ethics in Education for Citizenship
Course code KVS/YAEVQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Konečný Karel, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Novotný Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Hubálek Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Applied Ethics and its position in the field of science ethics. Applied Ethics in relation to the following areas or institutions: school, family, economics, medical sciences, law, civil society, democracy, human rights, environment, gender. Creating ethical codes and their meanings. University ethical principles.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 26 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course will be emphasis on areas of applied ethics, which relate to the current educational reality, society and democracy. Students will become familiar with various parts of social life, and their links with the ethical theories, learn important values for specific areas and will be able to specify examples of ethical behavior in a given context. After completing the course, students should be able to: " Define basic terms of applied ethics, " Clarify the functioning of contemporary society and their moral and ethical values in different sectors, " Explain the nature of relations between ethics and other social science disciplines, " Concretize examples of ethical theories to designated areas, " Assess the impact of ethical behavior in specific communities.
Interconnection of applied ethics in educational practice.
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge and orientation in ethics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Active participation in lessons.
Recommended literature
  • Anzenbacher, A. (2001). Úvod do etiky. Praha: Academia.
  • Anzenbacher, A. (2010). Úvod do filosofie.. Praha: Portál.
  • Hrehová, H. (2005). Etika - sociálne vzťahy - spoločnosť.. Bratislava: Veda-SAV.
  • KOŘENEK, J. (2004). Lékařská etika. Praha: Triton.
  • PŘÍKASKÝ, V. J. (2000). Etika, učebnice základů etiky.. Kostelní Vydří, Karm. Nakl.
  • Sokol, J. (2014). Etika, život, instituce: pokus o praktickou filosofii.. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • ŠPINER, D. (2004). Nástin křesťanské etiky a jejího významu v hledání smyslu života. Olomouc: Nakladatelství UP.
  • THOMPSON, M. (2004). Přehled etiky. Praha: Portál.
  • TISCHNER, J. (1998). Etika solidarity. Bratislava: Kalligram.


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