Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Ethics
Course Code
LUSDK_218
Branch of Science
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Public Health
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Reinis Vilciņš
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575
About Study Course
Objective
The course objective is to introduce students to the main theories and issues of philosophical ethics.
Preliminary Knowledge
Not required.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.-
Skills
1.-
Competences
1.-
Assessment
Individual work
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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General introduction to ethics
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ethics, free will, and self
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Ethics, free will, and self
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ethical reasoning
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ethical reasoning
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Theories of normative ethics
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Theories of normative ethics
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Consequentialist and duty-based ethics
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Consequentialist and duty-based ethics
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2
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Virtue ethics, natural law, and human rights
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Virtue ethics, natural law, and human rights
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2
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Metaethics
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Metaethics
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2
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Topics
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Applied ethics
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2
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Topics
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Applied ethics
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Applied ethics
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Singer, P. Practical Ethics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 3rd edition, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums)
2.
Hume, D. A Treatise on Human Nature. Bk. III, pt. 1, sec. 1.
3.
Irbe, A. Par kādu šķirkli Nacionālajā enciklopēdijā
4.
Kants, I. Tikumu metafizikas pamatojums. Tulk. R. Kūlis. Rīga: Zinātne, 2020.
5.
Mill, J. S. Utilitarianism, 1861.
6.
Neiders, I. Ārsta asistēta nāve [šķirklis]
7.
MacKinnon, B., Fiala, A. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Cengage Learning, 2014.
8.
Vorbertons, N. Filozofijas pamati. Rīga: Raka, 2001 [1999]. 34.-55. lpp.
9.
Mūrs, Dž. E. Morālās filosofijas daba // Kentaurs, 2000., Nr. 21
10.
Makintairs, A. Vai patriotisms ir tikums? // Mūsdienu politiskā filosofija. R., 1998
Additional Reading
1.
Lasmane, S. Rietumeiropas Morāles filozofija. Antoloģija, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006.
2.
Lasmane, S. 20. gadsimta ētikas pavērsieni. Rīga, 2004