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 2024
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 10
• 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.; ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, 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)

Entry requirements

English

Given the nature of the course, which is primarily designed for a closed group of American students, the course guarantors reserve the right to approve or reject the participation of additional applicants in order to maintain the integrity of the course for international participants.

Conditions for enrollment and participation in the course:

1. English proficiency at the C1 level.
2. Structured CV in English
3. A motivation letter in English (min. 1 standard page) in which the student explains their interest in the course and their expectations. The CV and letter must be submitted to the guarantors by March 10, 2025.
4. An interview in English to assess and verify the student's language competence + motivation and readiness to participate in the course. (The interview date is listed in the SIS - it must be completed by March 10th, 2025).
   

Note: Once a student enrolls in the course KSTE315 in SIS, failure to meet points 2, 3, and 4 by the specified deadline will automatically result in "failure to meet the course requirements."

Similarly, we strongly recommend that all CU students carefully review not only the entry requirements but also the course completion conditions ("full attendance," submission of reflective tasks during the course, etc.).

RE-ENROLLMENT IN THE (FAILED) COURSE IS NOT POSSIBLE!

 

Selected students will be contacted by the organizers with further instructions.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (09.03.2025)

Czech

Vzhledem k povaze kurzu, který je primárně určen pro uzavřenou skupinu amerických studentů, mají garanti právo schválit či odmítnout účast dalších zájemců s cílem zachovat integritu kurzu pro zahraniční účastníky.

Podmínkou zápisu a následné účasti na kurzu je:

1. Znalost angličtiny na úrovni C1.

2. Zaslání strukturovaného CV v angličině 

3. Motivační dopis v angličtině (min. 1 normostrana), ve kterém student vysvětlí svůj zájem o kurz a svá očekávání. CV i motivační dopis je nutno zaslat garantům via email do 10.3.2025.

4. Pohovor v angličtině, jehož cílem je ověřit jazykovou kompetenci + motivaci studenta a jeho připravenost zapojit se do kurzu (termín pohovoru vypsán v SISu - nutno splnit do 10.3.2025)

 

Pozn. po zápisu studenta na předmět KSTE315 v SISu je nesplnění bodu 2.,3. a 4. ve stanoveném termínu automaticky převedeno na "nesplnění vstupních požadavků kursu" = škrtnutí předběžného zápisu studenta.

Stejně tak všem studentům UK doporučujeme pečlivě prostudovat nejen vstupní požadavky, ale také podmínky zakončení předmětu ("full attendance", plnění reflexivních úkolů během kursu atd.). 

OPAKOVANÝ ZÁPIS (nesplněného) KURSU není MOŽNÝ!

Vybraní studenti budou kontaktováni organizátory s informacemi o dalším postupu.

Last update: Makovcová Demartini Lenka, ThLic. Mgr., Ph.D. (09.03.2025)