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Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues - KSTE315

Title:	Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues
Guaranteed by:	Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty:	Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:48/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (6)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D.

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Annotation

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (09.02.2023)

The course is designed to introduce the basic ethical concepts in selected authors and key characteristics of Christian morality. Apart from the theoretical background, it leads the students to the ability to apply these approaches to selected topics, for example, from the area of science and technology, environment, politics, or feminist studies. English level B2 is required.

Aim of the course

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (09.02.2023)

Students who have completed the course will be able to:

· demonstrate familiarity with the sources of theological ethics, including the Bible, the Christian theological tradition, and current church teaching.

· recognize how theoretical approaches (for example, virtue ethics, deontological ethics, utilitarianism, or liberation ethics) influence or shape moral action.

· engage Christian ethics in its applied form, whether through issues, cases, or disciplinary fields.

· encounter the diversity of the Christian moral tradition.

· demonstrate their analytical and expressive skills in spoken and written form.

Literature

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (09.02.2023)

MESSER, Neil. SCM studyguide to Christian ethics. London: SCM, 2006.

Course material distributed in the class and avaiable online.

Teaching methods

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

The course is taught in English in cooperation with Loyola University, Maryland. It runs in the form of summer school 3 weeks in July.

Syllabus

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

The course takes place in the particular days between 9-12 a.m.

1. – 4.7. 24 Introduction to Ethics and the Reflection of Totality (ThLic. Mgr. Lenka M. Demartini, PhD.)

8. – 10. 7. 24 Happiness, Human Flourishing and Relationships ( MUDr. Jan Fošum, Dr. Theol.)

15. – 18. 7. Ethics in Business, Media and Environment (doc. Mgr. Jakub Jinek, Dr. phil.)

Course completion requirements -

Last update: ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

Option A: take at least 2 weeks of any course

Option B: take 1 week + complete a student project under the guidance of the teacher