(in Polish) Conscience in moral decisions making

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Course ID:	WT-DTE-WCM
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 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:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Conscience in moral decisions making
Organizational unit:	Institute of General Theology
Course groups:	Courses at UKSW
Course homepage:	http://moralconscience.jimdo.com
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:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	(in Polish) This course is dedicated to examination of the basic characteristics of the Christian notion of conscience in the context of moral theology. It deals with its historical development throughout the ages and contemporary debate on its function in our decision making. Apart from theoretical background, more practical study cases will be elaborated.
Full description:	(in Polish) The course is devoted into careful examination of the Christian conscience in the field of moral theology. Therefore, conscience will be elaborated from the ethical perspective as a basic factor of our decision making. Firstly, we will take a closer look at the historical development of concept of conscience, starting with the Bible and then examining major Christian thinkers (Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman) and theological trends (Probalisim, etc.). Secondly, we contemporary moral theological views will be examined. We will analyze present Church teaching (Veritatis Splendor, Dignitatis Humanae) and nowadays’ theologians (like Joseph Ratzinger, Linda Hogan, Timothy O’Connell, etc.) Lastly, we will discuss numerous study cases dealing with the practical problems of conscience, for instance in business or medical ethics.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Aquinas, Thomas: S. Th. I-II, q. 19, a. 5-6. Davies, Henry: Moral and Pastoral Theology, vol. 1, 82-94. Dignitatis Humanae. Gaudium et Spes, no. 16. Hogan, Linda: Confronting the truth: Conscience in the Catholic Tradition. (London 2000), selected pages. Newman, John Henry: A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk (1875), selected pages. O’Connell, Timothy: An Understanding of Conscience, in: Conscience, Readings in Moral Theology 14, (2004), 25-38. Ratzinger, Joseph, Conscience and Truth (Dallas 1991). John Paul II: Veritatis Splendor, no. 54-64. Webster, John: Conscience, in: Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. Williams C.: Conscience, in: New Catholic Encyclopedia, (Washington D.C., 2003) 139-147.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Main course requirement is students’ participation in the course – attendance, presentations, group work and engagement in the class discussions. Minor assignments might occur and some brief papers.

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