Ethics in War Conflict - KSTE333
Title: Etika válečného konfliktu
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: both
E-Credits: 4
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/10, C [HS]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer: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
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: ThLic. Mgr. Tomáš Holub, Th.D.
Examination dates   WS schedule   SS schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
The introduction into principals of ethical evaluation of using of armed power in military conflicts and in the fight against terrorism.

Historical overwiev of formation of „classical teaching about just war", A practical importance of it in relation to new forms of armed conflicts of today as nuclear weapons deterrence, humanitarian intervention, terrorism, hybrid war etc.

The role of media in conflicts and its influence on ethical judgment.

Criteriology for today ethical considering.
Last update: Oulíková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2020)
Literature -
  • Charta OSN, Informační centrum OSN, 1998, Praha
  • Deklarace lidských práv, Informační centrum OSN, 1998, Praha
  • Papežská novoroční poselství 1995 – 2020, ČBK, jednotlivé roky
  • Gaudium et spes, II. Vaticanum, Karmelitánské nakladetelství 1998, Praha
  • H. Arendtová, O násilí, Oikoumene 1995, Praha
  • Gerechter Friede, Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, 2000, Bonn
  • E.J. Nagel Die Friedenslehre der katholischen Kirche, , Theologie und Frieden, Barsbuettel, Band 13, Verlag W.Kohlhammer, 1997
  • B. Sutor, Od spravedlivé války ke spravedlivému míru, Filosofia  2014
  • M.M. Wakin, War, Morality and the Military Profession, , Westview Press 1986, Boulder
  • Salva 3/05, Spravedlivá válka?
  • T. Holub,  Boj proti terorismu ve světle nauky o takzvané spravedlivé válce, MO – Presentační a informační centrum MO, 2009
  • J. Velek, Kapitoly z teorie spravedlivé války, Filosofia 2014
Last update: Oulíková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2020)