There are no required prerequisites for this course.
This course is interdisciplinary: different concepts from moral and political philosophy, methodology, social sciences, economics and finance are used for discussing many relevant topics. Used concepts are explained in lectures, relevant topics specified in the syllabus are discussed in seminars.
This course is also part of the inter-university programme prg.ai Minor. It pools the best of AI education in Prague to provide students with a deeper and broader insight into the field of artificial intelligence.
More information is available at https://prg.ai/minor/.
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (09.11.2023)
There are no required prerequisites for this course.
This course is interdisciplinary: different concepts from moral and political philosophy, methodology, social sciences, economics and finance are used for discussing many relevant topics. Used concepts are explained in lectures, relevant topics specified in the syllabus are discussed in seminars.
This course is also part of the inter-university programme prg.ai Minor. It pools the best of AI education in Prague to provide students with a deeper and broader insight into the field of artificial intelligence.
More information is available at https://prg.ai/minor.
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (09.11.2023)
Cíl předmětu -
By the end of this course students will be able to discuss different topics with understanding of relevant concepts from moral and political philosophy, methodology, social sciences, economics and finance.
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (03.09.2021)
By the end of this course students will be able to discuss different topics with understanding of relevant concepts from moral and political philosophy, methodology, social sciences, economics and finance.
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (03.09.2021)
Literatura -
Lecture notes for each week will be accessible each week after the Friday online seminar.
Required readings for each week are specified in the syllabus, homeworks are based on required readings.
Recommended videos:
Harvard Justice course: justiceharvard.org
Yale open course "The Moral Foundations of Politics": https://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/plsc-118/lecture-1
Recommended Readings:
Buchanan, James: The Limits of Liberty (Between Anarchy and Leviathan)
Mappes, T.A., Zembaty J.S., DeGrazia, D.: Social Ethics - Morality and Social Policy. McGraw Hill 2012
Rachels, J., Rachels, S.: The Elements of Moral Philosophy. McGraw Hill 2015
Rachels, J., Rachels, S.: The Right Thing to Do. McGraw Hill 2015
Rosenberg, A: Philosophy of Social Science
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (27.08.2024)
Lecture notes for each week will be accessible each week after the Friday online seminar.
Required readings for each week are specified in the syllabus, homeworks are based on required readings.
Recommended videos:
Harvard Justice course: justiceharvard.org
Yale open course "The Moral Foundations of Politics": https://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/plsc-118/lecture-1
Recommended Readings:
Buchanan, James: The Limits of Liberty (Between Anarchy and Leviathan)
Mappes, T.A., Zembaty J.S., DeGrazia, D.: Social Ethics - Morality and Social Policy. McGraw Hill 2012
Rachels, J., Rachels, S.: The Elements of Moral Philosophy. McGraw Hill 2015
Rachels, J., Rachels, S.: The Right Thing to Do. McGraw Hill 2015
Rosenberg, A: Philosophy of Social Science
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (27.08.2024)
Metody výuky -
Both seminars and lectures are in the classroom 109, Opletalova building.
"Virtual mobility" and "4EU+" students can attend both lectures and seminars online, upon request, in MS Teams. Online seminars are in different time than insite seminars,
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (27.08.2024)
Both seminars and lectures are in the classroom 109, Opletalova building.
"Virtual mobility" and "4EU+" students can attend both lectures and seminars online, upon request, in MS Teams. Online seminars are in different time than insite seminars,
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (27.08.2024)
Požadavky ke zkoušce -
Grading:
Homeworks (40 %, related to required readings, 8% for each homework). There are five homeworks: in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th week. You put the pdf file with your homework into the SIS UK (starting menu, part Education, icon with four persons), till Sunday 23:55 of the relevant week. Homeworks sent by e-mail are not accepted. The SIS does not allow you to enter your homework after the deadline. In each homework, you write two critical appraisals of required readings from the previous two weeks. Each critical appraisal is structured into 4 paragraphs as follows: Paragraph introducing your appraisal, paragraph with strong (what you agree with) points of appraised reading, paragraph with weak (what you do not agree with) points of appraised reading and paragraph concluding your appraisal. The expected length of each appraisal is 1 page, but feel free to write more.
Three online midterm tests (10 % each) and online final test (30 %) in Moodle. You must be registered in Moodle on:
https://dl3.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=547
1st midterm test: November 1st, 2024 (the whole day)
2nd midterm test: November 29th, 2024 (the whole day)
3rd midterm test: January 3rd, 2025 (the whole day)
Final tests will be on January 9th at 2:00 p.m., on January 16th at 2:00 p.m., on January 30th at 2:00 p,m, and on February 13th at 2:00 p.m.
There are no retakes for midterm tests, you just lose the points. According to our study rules, you have two retakes for the final test.
After summarizing all points, our standard grading scale will be applied:
Poslední úprava: Cahlík Tomáš, doc. Ing., CSc. (11.10.2024)
Grading:
Homeworks (40 %, related to required readings, 8% for each homework). There are five homeworks: in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th week. You put the pdf file with your homework into the SIS UK (starting menu, part Education, icon with four persons), till Sunday 23:55 of the relevant week. Homeworks sent by e-mail are not accepted. The SIS does not allow you to enter your homework after the deadline. In each homework, you write two critical appraisals of required readings from the previous two weeks. Each critical appraisal is structured into 4 paragraphs as follows: Paragraph introducing your appraisal, paragraph with strong (what you agree with) points of appraised reading, paragraph with weak (what you do not agree with) points of appraised reading and paragraph concluding your appraisal. The expected length of each appraisal is 1 page, but feel free to write more.
Three online midterm tests (10 % each) and online final test (30 %) in Moodle. You must be registered in Moodle on:
https://dl3.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=547
1st midterm test: November 1st, 2024 (the whole day)
2nd midterm test: November 29th, 2024 (the whole day)
3rd midterm test: January 3rd, 2025 (the whole day)
Final tests will be on January 9th at 2:00 p.m., on January 16th at 2:00 p.m., on January 30th at 2:00 p,m, and on February 13th at 2:00 p.m.
There are no retakes for midterm tests, you just lose the points. According to our study rules, you have two retakes for the final test.
After summarizing all points, our standard grading scale will be applied:
Jurgen Habermas: Between Facts and Norms - Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: Chapter 3.2 "Moral Norms and Legal Norms: On the Complementary Relation between Natural Law and Positive Law" (https://teddykw2.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jc3bcrgen-habermas-between-facts-and-norms.pdf)
Week 11: Democratic Justice
Democratic Justice Theory
Democratic Justice Applications
Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
Seminar:
Discussion of the 5th homework
Exercising of Moral Reasoning on “ICT and AI development”
Jurgen Habermas: Between Facts and Norms - Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: Chapter 3.2 "Moral Norms and Legal Norms: On the Complementary Relation between Natural Law and Positive Law" (https://teddykw2.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jc3bcrgen-habermas-between-facts-and-norms.pdf)
Week 11: Democratic Justice
Democratic Justice Theory
Democratic Justice Applications
Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
Seminar:
Discussion of the 5th homework
Exercising of Moral Reasoning on “ICT and AI development”