Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
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.
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
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.
Cíl předmětu -
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, 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: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, 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.
Literatura -
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
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: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
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
Metody výuky -
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
This course is run in a hybrid form: lectures on Thursdays morning are broadcasted from the classroom, seminars on Thursdays afternoon arejust in the classroom - not broadcasted and seminars on Fridays morning are just online.Each week, both seminars are on the same topic specified in the syllabus. ZOOM links will be given here in September. Recordings of lectures and online seminars will be accessible for two weeks after.
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (30.07.2022)
This course is run in a hybrid form: lectures on Thursdays morning are broadcasted from the classroom, seminars on Thursdays afternoon arejust in the classroom - not broadcasted and seminars on Fridays morning are just online.Each week, both seminars are on the same topic specified in the syllabus. ZOOM links will be given here in September. Recordings of lectures and online seminars will be accessible for two weeks after.
Požadavky ke zkoušce -
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (03.09.2021)
Grading:
Homeworks (48 %, related to required readings, 8% for each homework). There are six homeworks: in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th 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 previous two weeks. Each critical appraisal is structured into 4 paragraphs as follows: Paragraph introducing your appraisal, paragraph with strong (what you agree with) poins 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.
Essay (52%): from 12 to 15 pages from Introduction to Conclusions, 1.5 spacing, font size 12, you can choose to write it in English, Czech or Slovak, but take care of correct terminology. Please suggest me the Name of your essay and preliminary Contents till the end of November for approval - by e-mail. Your topic ought to build upon the content of this course, not to repeat the content of this course. You ought to discuss economic, political, social and moral aspects of your topic. You put the pdf file with your essay into the SIS UK (starting menu, part Education, icon with four persons), till the end of December. Essays sent by e-mail are not accepted. The SIS does not allow you to enter your essay after the deadline.
Mandatory structuring of your essay:
Title page with the name of your essay and your name
Contents on the 2nd page
Introduction that starts with a paragraph specifying your motivation for writing about your topic and the aim of your essay and ends with explanation of the structure of your essay
Main part
Economic aspects
Political aspects
Social aspects
Moral aspects
Conclusions that start with a paragraph summarizing your main findings and ends with a paragraph describing where you would move in studying ethics ans economics if yiou had time for it
References
Except of the title page, alll parts must have a clearly visible heading
Essay points: :
7 for keeping the "End of November" deadline
20 for keeping the mandatory structure
25 for your ideas and finding
Grading scale:
91% - 100%: A
81% - 90% : B
71% - 80% : C
61% - 70%: D
51% - 60% : E
0% - 50% : F
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (03.09.2021)
Grading:
Homeworks (48 %, related to required readings, 8% for each homework). There are six homeworks: in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th 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 previous two weeks. Each critical appraisal is structured into 4 paragraphs as follows: Paragraph introducing your appraisal, paragraph with strong (what you agree with) poins 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.
Essay (52%): from 12 to 15 pages from Introduction to Conclusions, 1.5 spacing, font size 12, you can choose to write it in English, Czech or Slovak, but take care of correct terminology. Please suggest me the Name of your essay and preliminary Contents till the end of November for approval - by e-mail. Your topic ought to build upon the content of this course, not to repeat the content of this course. You ought to discuss economic, political, social and moral aspects of your topic. You put the pdf file with your essay into the SIS UK (starting menu, part Education, icon with four persons), till the end of December. Essays sent by e-mail are not accepted. The SIS does not allow you to enter your essay after the deadline.
Mandatory structuring of your essay:
Title page with the name of your essay and your name
Contents on the 2nd page
Introduction that starts with a paragraph specifying your motivation for writing about your topic and the aim of your essay and ends with explanation of the structure of your essay
Main part
Economic aspects
Political aspects
Social aspects
Moral aspects
Conclusions that start with a paragraph summarizing your main findings and ends with a paragraph describing where you would move in studying ethics ans economics if yiou had time for it
References
Except of the title page, alll parts must have a clearly visible heading
Essay points: :
7 for keeping the "End of November" deadline
20 for keeping the mandatory structure
25 for your ideas and finding
Grading scale:
91% - 100%: A
81% - 90% : B
71% - 80% : C
61% - 70%: D
51% - 60% : E
0% - 50% : F
Sylabus -
Poslední úprava: doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. (06.08.2022)
Week 1: What is and What ought to be
Introduction to the Course
Ethical Pre-Understanding of Real Situations
What is Ethics?
Human Person in Human Relations
Human Relations in Institutional Intermediation
Social and Economic Ethics
Seminar - Moral Reasoning:
Sound and Valid Arguments
Consequentialist x Categorical Reasoning
Required Reading:
Max Weber: Politics as Vocation (Can be found on web)
Week 2: Justice and Coordination
Where the Notion of Justice Comes from
Virtues
Individuals and Social Structure
Coordination
Seminar - Moral Reasoning
Exercising of Moral Reasoning on Legality of Drugs
Required Reading:
Plato: The Republic. 2nd Book. (Can be found on web)
Seminar - Summary and Discussion of Selected Topics from Previous Weeks
Comparison of different approaches: Ethical Egoism, Social Contract Approach, Utilitarianism and Christian Approach, John Rawls and Difference Principle
Theories of Distributive Justice - Summary
Required Reading:
Jurgen Habermas: Between Facts and Norms - Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: Chapter 3 "A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights" (http://blogs.unpad.ac.id/teddykw/files/2012/07/J%C3%BCrgen-Habermas-Between-Facts-and-Norms.pdf)
Seminar - Summary and Discussion of Selected Topics from Previous Weeks
Comparison of different approaches: Ethical Egoism, Social Contract Approach, Utilitarianism and Christian Approach, John Rawls and Difference Principle
Theories of Distributive Justice - Summary
Required Reading:
Jurgen Habermas: Between Facts and Norms - Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy: Chapter 3 "A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights" (http://blogs.unpad.ac.id/teddykw/files/2012/07/J%C3%BCrgen-Habermas-Between-Facts-and-Norms.pdf)
