Thematic seminar: Christian Ethics in Poland in the Second Half of the 20th Century

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Course ID:	WF-FI-KOBYL-PCECE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Thematic seminar: Christian Ethics in Poland in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Name in Polish:	Thematic seminar: Christian Ethics in Poland in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Organizational unit:	Institute of Philosophy
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	FI2_W06 FI2_W07 FI2_W08 FI2_W12 FI2_W16 FI2_U04 FI2_U17 FI2_K05 FI2_K06 FI2_K08
Short description:	The primary aim of the course is to show the specificity of Christian philosophy in Poland after World War II and the presentation of selected models of ethics, originated and emerged during this period.
Full description:	In Poland, after 1945 ethical reflection was a very important part of the controversy between Christian thought and the communist system. The most interesting models of Christian ethics, developed at this time, including concepts of different great authors like Karol Wojtyła and Tadeusz Ślipko. One of the most important proposals of this period is the ethics of solidarity that is connected with the experience of Solidarity Movement created in 1980. The main theoretician of this conception of ethics was Józef Tischner. It seems that the ethics of solidarity is extremely important today as one of the possible responses to the crisis of contemporary liberal democracy. During the classes the ethical concepts will be presented in the wider context of the controversy between Christian thought and Marxist philosophy.
Bibliography:	Kobyliński Andrzej, The Role of Solidarity in an Open Society, in: Europske kontexty interkulturnej komunikacie [Intercultural Communication in the European Context], ed. Peter Ivanic, Martin Hetenyi, Zvonko Taneski, Univerzita Konstantina Filozofa v Nitre, Nitra 2009, p. 139-148. Kobyliński Andrzej, Tischner and Metz: two Understandigs of Solidarity, in: Transformacia ludskej identity v strednej Europe po roku 1990 [Transformation of human Identity in Central Europe after 1990], ed. Helena Hrehovà, Trnavska univerzita v Trnave, Trnava 2009, p. 45-51. Kobyliński Andrzej, From Nihilism to Communism. In Search of the Philosophical Roots of Totalitarian Regimes, Acta Moralia Tyrnaviensia VI – Sociálno-etické idey v súčasnej ruskej filozofii v kontexte slovanského sveta, ed. H. Hrehová, P. Rusnák, Trnavska univerzita v Trnave, Trnava 2015, p. 151-160 Ślipko Tadeusz, Bioetyka. Najważniejsze problemy [Bioethics. The most important Issues], Wydawnictwo PETRUS, Kraków 2009. Tischner Józef, The Spirit of Solidarity, trans. Marek B. Zaleski and Benjamin Fiore, Harper & Row Publishers, San Francisco 1984. Weigel Georg, The Final Revolution. The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism, Oxford University Press, New York – Oxford 1992. Wojtyła Karol, The Acting Person, trans. Adam Potocki, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston – London 1979. Wojtyła Karol, Person and Community: Selected Essays, trans. Theresa Sandok, Peter Lang Press, New York 1993.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	KNOWLEDGE Students describe the historical context of Christian philosophy in Poland in the second half of the twentieth century, they know some of the main models of Christian ethics developed in this period by the Polish thinkers. SKILLS Students are able to analyze and interpret philosophical texts on Christian ethics developed in Poland in the second half of the twentieth century COMPETENCES Students recognize the possibility of creating even today various models of Christian ethics, they see the need of moral reflection in the context of the axiological crisis of modern liberal democracy, they recognize the universal nature of an ethic of solidarity.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment criteria: • Attending classes • Taking part in the discussions • Submitting one essay on a chosen topic concerning Christian ethics in Poland in the second half of the twentieth century (6-8 pages)

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