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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Auditorium
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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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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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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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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Applied ethics
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Applied ethics
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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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.
Neiders, I. Ārsta asistēta nāve [šķirklis]
3.
MacKinnon, B., Fiala, A. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Cengage Learning, 2014.
4.
Vorbertons, N. Filozofijas pamati. Rīga: Raka, 2001 [1999]. 34.-55. lpp.
5.
Rosamond Rhodes, Leslie P. Francis, Anita Silvers (eds.) The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics. Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
6.
Di Nucci, E., Lee, J.-Y., Wagner, I. A. (eds.) The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics. Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
7.
Kuhse, H., Singer, P. (eds.) A Companion to Bioethics. 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
8.
Caplan, A. L., Arp, R. (eds.) Contemporary Debates in Bioethics. Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Additional Reading
1.
Lasmane, S. Rietumeiropas Morāles filozofija. Antoloģija, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006.
2.
Lasmane, S. 20. gadsimta ētikas pavērsieni. Rīga, 2004