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 to 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
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• 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.

Annotation

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 C1 is required.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)

Aim of the course

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.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)

Course completion requirements

English

Active participation throughout the entire course and continuous completion of all tasks assigned by the instructors each day/ week (formative assessment); completion of the final evaluation: colloquium or individual examination (summative assessment). The maximum allowed absence is one class day for the entire three-week course.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)

Czech

Aktivní účast na celém kursu a průběžné plnění všech zadávaných úkolů vyučujícími v jednotlivých dnech/ týdnech (formativní hodnocení); absolvování závěrečné kontroly studia: kolokvium nebo individuální zkoušení (sumativní hodnocení). Maximální povolaná absence je jeden výukový den v rámci celého třítýdenního kursu.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)

Literature

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

Course material distributed in the class and avaiable online.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Teaching methods

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

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)

Syllabus

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

The 1st week: Introduction to Ethics and the Reflection of Totality (ThLic. Mgr. Lenka M. Demartini, PhD.)

The 2nd week: Happiness, Human Flourishing and Relationships (ThLic. Bc. Barbora Šmejdová, Ph.D.)

The 3rd week: Ethics in Business, Media and Environment (doc. Mgr. Jakub Jinek, Dr. phil.)

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.02.2025)