Reading in Applied Ethics II - KFIL306
Title: Četba textů aplikované etiky II
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic Theology and Philosophy (26-KST)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/10, C [HS]
Extent per academic year: 10 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: combined
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. David Peroutka, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : KFIL316
Interchangeability : KFIL316
Is incompatible with: KFIL316
Is interchangeable with: KFIL316
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Annotation -
The course is not bound by a distinctly homogeneous concept, but by way of reading it complements the knowledge that students of the Applied Ethics programme gradually develop. The aim is to give students a broader orientation to the variety of contemporary ethical issues and arguments. The emphasis is on the collaborative dimension of discussion: on the courage to think independently and critically about ethical issues and on the growth of the student's capacity for cultivated dialogue.
Last update: Peroutka David, ThLic., Ph.D. (01.10.2024)
Aim of the course -

The goal is to develop the courage to think independently and critically about ethical issues and to grow in the student's ability to engage in cultivated dialogue.

Last update: Peroutka David, ThLic., Ph.D. (01.10.2024)
Course completion requirements -
Students will actively participate in all seminars according to the schedule. Demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts and the ability to navigate the text.
Last update: Peroutka David, ThLic., Ph.D. (01.10.2024)
Literature -

A Companion to Applied Ethics. Ed. by R. G. Frey and C. H. Wellman. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
Wunibald Müller: I láska má svá pravidla: blízkost a odstup v pastoraci. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2005.
C. R. P. Boddy, R. Ladyshewsky, R., P. Galvin: „Leaders without ethics in global business“. Journal of Public Affairs, 10 (3), 2010, p. 121-138.
Paul W. De Vore: „Do no harm Technology, ethics and responsibility“. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 22 (1), 1997, p. 63-73.
Controversies in Digital Ethics. Ed by Amber Davisson, Paul Booth. New York, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.
Jeff McMahan: Killing in War. Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Martin Gorke: The Death of Our Planet’s Species. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2003.
Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence: The Dalai Lama in Conversation with Leading Thinkers on Climate Change. Ed. by J. A. Dunne and D. Goleman. Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2018.

Last update: Peroutka David, ThLic., Ph.D. (01.10.2024)
Teaching methods -
The teaching method is the reading of selected passages of classical authors, their interpretation and discussion.
Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (12.12.2022)
Requirements to the exam -

Participation in seminars; orientation in discussed texts and basic concepts.

Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (12.12.2022)
Syllabus -

Reading programme: 1) Ethics of the helping professions, the helping approach: the conjunction of proximity and distance (Wunibald Müller). 2) Business ethics in the era of globalisation (C. R. P. Boddy, R. Ladyshewsky, R., P. Galvin). 3) The problem of "separating" business from morality (Patricia H. Werhane, Edward Freeman). 4) Ethics of science and technology: the "do no harm" principle (Paul W. De Vore). 5) Digital ethics - contemporary controversies (Amber Davisson, Paul Booth). 6) Freedom of speech and contemporary ethics of verbal expression (L. W. Sumner). 7) What is racism? (Michele Moody-Adams). 8) Civil disobedience (A. John Simmons). 9) Ethics of warfare - the moral responsibility of combatants (Jeff McMahan). 10) Ethics and ecology: the question of the "rights" of natural species (Martin Gorke); 11) Our connection with nature (Tändzin Gyamtscho).

Last update: Peroutka David, ThLic., Ph.D. (01.10.2024)
Entry requirements -
There are no entry requirements for students.
Last update: Jinek Jakub, doc. Mgr., Dr. phil. (12.12.2022)