Theological Ethics Seminar - RETN5042 (Professionality and virtues in helping professions)

• Title: Theological Ethics Seminar
• Guaranteed by: Department of Theological Ethics (27-TE)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: RETA5011
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Jindřich Halama, Dr.

Annotation

Last update: doc. Jindřich Halama, Dr. (25.09.2023)

The topic of the seminar will be War and Christian ethics.
We will study and discuss sources of Christian thought about war from antiquity (St. Augustine) through medieval period (Aquinas, The Reformation) to modern times and inquire into the traditional teaching of just war, exemplified on recent and current military conflicts of our world.

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. Jan Zámečník, Ph.D. (11.01.2022)

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

(1)   approach primary and secondary literature in a more critical manner and consider texts in a broader ethical context;

(2)   comprehend the material of the course, analyze its general structure, logical coherence, and historical significance in the context of other related issues and thinkers;

(3)   articulate that comprehension and analysis in oral communication;

(4)   express that knowledge in writing that is materially adequate, logically coherent, and clearly communicated, with appropriate analyses, insights, and persuasiveness.

Literature

Last update: doc. Jindřich Halama, Dr. (25.09.2023)

BAINTON, R. H. Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace. Historical Survey and Critical Re-evaluation. London, Hodder and Stoughton 1961.

BROCK, Peter. Freedom from War. Nonsectarian pacifism 1814-1914. Toronto 1991.

FISHER, David. Morality and War. Can War be Just in the Twenty-first Century? Oxford University Press 2011.

FRASER, B. J., Peace, war and God's justice. Toronto : The United Church Publishing House.

NARDIN, Terry (ed.). The ethics of war and peace : religious and secular perspectives. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1996.

TURNER, J. J., Can modern war be just? New Haven: Yale University Press 1984.

 

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jan Zámečník, Ph.D. (19.01.2023)

16. 2.	introduction
23. 2.	chapter I. (Jesus Began to Proclaim /The Reign of God/), p. 3-20
2. 3.	chapter II. (Blessed are You /Virtues of Kingdom People/), p. 21-42
9. 3.	chapter III. (Law And Prophets /Authority and Scripture), p. 43-63
16. 3.	chapter IV. (Moral Structure in the World /The Form and Function of Moral Norms/), p. 64-85
23. 3.	chapter V. (Doing, Not Dualism /The Transforming Initiatives of the Sermont on the Mount/), p. 86-106
30. 3.	chapter VI. (The Greatest Commandment /Love/), p. 107-125
20. 4.	chapter VII. (Weightier Matters of the Law /Justice/), p. 126-148
27. 4.	chapter VIII. (So Much Value /The Sacredness of Life/), p. 149-168
4. 5.	chapter IX. (Extracting Logs, Examining Fruits /Learning to Be Faithful/), p. 169-189
11. 5.	chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 1)
18. 5.	chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 2)
25. 5.	chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 3)

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Jindřich Halama, Dr. (25.09.2023)

Students are required to:

(1) read the assignment for each class and actively participate in the discussion;

(2) attend classes regularly - they should not be absent more than three times (in the case of more than three absences, the student will be required to prepare an additional paper on a selected topic in order to successfully complete the seminar);

(3) prepare at least once a short presentation for the class (approximately 10 minutes).

(4) (applies only to those who need 6 credits): write a research seminar paper of some 7 to 10 pages on a topic related to the readings and issues of the course. The topic must be consulted with the instructor of the course in advance. The paper must be clearly and logically structured and include a treatment of selected secondary literature; deadline for submission is January 2024.