UVSRPVK148 Ethics in Social Work and PA

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jiří Sedláček
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course develops the knowledge of social philosophy and anthropology in the field of ethics, presents the primary categories, directions, positions and personalities of theory of moral from the point of view of their relevancy for social workers to students. The students will be also provided with principal concepts and relations: morality, moral, ethics - relation of moral to religion, ideology and politics, application of principal moral categories in these relations, application of philosophical basics of ethical theories in the field of social work (deontics, utilitarianism, anti-oppressive theories, ethics of participation, ethics of discourse), application of categories of social ethics in professional ethics, questions of ethical codex of social work. The course is intended for Department of Public Administration and Regional Policy students only.
Syllabus
  • 1. Moral pre-understanding. Classification of ethics
    2. Empirical ethics: hedonism, D. Hume, utilitarianism
    3. Kant´s ethics - alternative to empirical ethics
    4. Norms, social ethos and conscience
    5. Science of virtues
    6. Felicity and meaning
    7. Sociological and genealogical relativization of moral
    8. Biological relativization of morality. Ethical issue of socio-biology
    9. New ethical concepts
    10. Research trends in ethics
    11. Contexts of social ethics
    12. Partial fields and problems of social ethics. Professional ethics.
Literature
    required literature
  • RICH, A. Etika hospodářství I. Praha: OIKOYMENH. ISBN 80-85241-61-7. info
  • NEČASOVÁ, M. Úvod do filozofie a etiky v sociální práci. Brno: MU, 2001. info
  • BRÁZDA, R. Úvod do srovnávací etiky. Praha: KLP, 1998. info
  • SEDLÁK, J. Vybrané problémy ze sociální etiky. Brno: MU, 1996. info
  • ANZENBACHER, A. Úvod do etiky. Praha: Zvon, 1994. ISBN 80-7113-111-3. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
The oral exam comprises defence of seminar work. Subsequently, the student draws one question from the circle of topics stated in course content.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019.
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