Ethics of Social Life 1

intermediate

Lecture:

FI2_W01 FI2_W02 FI2_W05 FI2_W16

FI2_U05 FI2_U07 FI2_U08 FI2_U09 FI2_U16

FI2_K03 FI2_K04 FI2_K06 FI2_K08

Workshops:

FI2_W01 FI2_W02 FI2_W05 FI2_W15

FI2_U05 FI2_U07 FI2_U08 FI2_U09 FI2_U16

FI2_K03 FI2_K04 FI2_K06 FI2_K08

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issues of social ethics, understood as an area of philosophical research aiming to formulate the basic moral principles as well as moral norms and standards of moral judgment in force in the sphere of relations between social actors (human persons holding a variety of social roles).

The course introduces students to the basic issues of social ethics. It is a continuation of the presentation of key research questions undertaken in the field of moral philosophy broadly understood (metaetics, general ethics, applied ethics / ethics of individual life). The first part reviews the main positions in the contemporary debates on social ethics with particular emphasis on the elementary assumptions underlying each of them. The concepts of liberalism, communitarianism and marxism will be analyzed. Next, the classic philosophical conceptions of human nature and the way they expose the social nature of man will be discussed. After reviewing the most important definitional approaches to the phenomenon of human society, the basic socio-moral principles will be analyzed. The final theme of the course will be elementary social relations that form the basis of the philosophical conceptions of marriage and family.

Ślipko T., Zarys etyk szczegółowej, t. 2: Etyka społeczna, Kraków 2005.

Szahaj A., Jednostka czy wspólnota? Spór liberałów z komunitarystami a „sprawa polska”, Warszawa 2000.

Śpiewak P. (red.), Komunitarianie. Wybór tekstów, Warszawa 2004.

Pietrzyk-Reeves D., Idea społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Współczesna debata i jej źródła, Wrocław 2004.

Knowledge: student calls and describes basic philosophical conceptions of social life, knows main notions and ideas in social ethics, lists and discusses moral aims and principles of social ties and norms regulating social structures, distinguishes different kinds of communities, defines them and explains their moral rights and obligations

Skills: student, working individually and collectively, analyzes and interprets philosophical texts of social ethics, draws conclusions from claims formulated in philosophical conceptions of social life, recognizes assumptions of postulated thesises and criticizes them, proves the need to put moral principles of social life into practice, shows, how rights and obligations of different communities correspond with personalistic concept of human

Competence: student, using their philiosophical knowledge of social ethics, interprets social and cultural events, evaluates contemporary societies, is able to take part in discussions on the social subject, is aware of the moral obligations, arising due to participation in different communities, perceives moral dimension of interpersonal relationships, notices connection between moral development and mature, active and authentic participation in social life.

ECTS:

part in a lecture - 30

part in exercises - 30

preparation for exercises (reading texts) - 40

presentation preparation - 5

consultations - 5

preparation for an examination - 25

TOTAL HOURS - 135 [135 : 30 (25) = 5]

NUMBER ECTS - 5

Knowledge:

- mark 2: student doesn't know philosophical conceptions of social life, isn't able to list moral principles and aims of social relationships and define different communities and their moral rights and obligations

- mark 3: student calls basic conceptions of social life, lists moral principles and aims of social relationships and defines different communities and their moral rights and obligations, but they can't discuss these issues

- mark 4: student calls basic conceptions of social life, lists moral principles and aims of social relationships and defines different communities and their moral rights and obligations and they can briefly discuss these issues

- mark 5: student calls basic conceptions of social life, lists moral principles and aims of social relationships and defines different communities and their moral rights and obligations and they can thoroughly discuss these issues

Skills:

- mark 2: student doesn't read and analyze philosophical texts of social ethics

- mark 3: student reads philosophical texts of social ethics, but they analyzes and interprets them very poorly, doesn't draw conclusions from claims formulated in philosophical conceptions of social life, doesn't recognize and criticizes assumptions of postulated thesises

- mark 4: student reads, interprets and analyzes philosophical texts of social ethics, draws conclusions from claims formulated in philosophical conceptions of social life, but they don't recognize assumptions of postulated thesises

- mark 5: student reads, interprets and analyzes philosophical texts of social ethics, draws conclusions from claims formulated in philosophical conceptions of social life, recognize and criticizes assumptions of postulated thesises

Competence:

Assessment refers to the ability to perceive moral dimension of social life, use their philiosophical knowledge of social ethics to interpret social and cultural events, awareness of the moral obligations, arising due to participation in different communities