Ethics
Course: Governance in Public Sphere
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
Title
Ethics
Code
ОК.34
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
To know: the subject, genesis in the heart of the philosophical tradition, theoretical originality, basic concepts and modern tasks of ethics as a science; basic interpretations of morality as a social phenomenon, its structure and social functions, and current moral challenges
Be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the main sources of ethical thought and modern specialized publications on ethical issues; explain the moral problematic of social practice and the variability of ethical interpretations and approaches to moral conflicts in the relevant cultural tradition and current context; carry out an expert assessment of the motives, norms, value orientations of the real behavior of individuals in various forms of activity; solve complex tasks related to the verification of the results of existing ethical studies and real moral conflicts of social and cultural practices
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites and additional requirements
1. Before starting this course, students should know the basic
content from the courses "Ukrainian and foreign culture", "Philosophy", "History of religion", "Sociology", "Psychology"
2.To be able to collect and interpret information regarding moral conflicts and findings of ethically significant phenomena, events and cultural processes; apply basic terms, categories and ethical concepts in the analysis of socio-cultural processes; to find adequate answers to the modern challenges of coexistence in the conditions of complex social life, to take into account the ethical principles of the course of modern socio-political and cultural processes
3. To have elementary skills of detection and processing of theoretical and philosophical information; critical attitude and analysis to the phenomena of social and cultural practice; using
foreign language professional informative sources.
Course content
Content of the educational program
Part 1. The main stages of ethical thought
Topic 1. Subject and tasks of ethics as
science
Topic 2. Morality as an object of ethical knowledge.
Levels and paradoxes of moral practice
Topic 3. The genesis of ethical issues:
(antiquity - Christianity)
Topic 4. Typology of ethical teachings
Topic 6. Classical ethics as practical
philosophy.
Topic 7. Anti-normative turn and
basic concepts of non-classical ethics
Part 2. Problems of theoretical and applied ethics
Topic 8. The essence and specificity of morality in the system of social regulation 2 2 4
Topic 9. Basic concepts of moral
consciousness
Topic 10. Moral aspects of human life
activity The problem of freedom and
responsibility
Topic 11. Applied ethics in decision-making
moral problems of our time
Topic 12. Moral culture as a request
sociocultural practice today
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Recommended and necessary literature
1. Ethics. Aesthetics.: science. manual. /for sciences ed. Panchenko V.I. - K.: "Education center
of literature", 2014 - 432 p.
2. Ethics: education.manual / edited by Prof. V.O. Lozovoy - K.: 2002 - 224 p.
3. Malakhov V. Ethics. Course of lectures. Education manual. - K., Lybid, 2006 - 384 p.
4. Malakhov V.A. Ethics of communication: nav. manual - K.: 2006 - 400 p.
5. Movchan V. History and theory of ethics: Course of lectures. - Lviv, 2005 - 488 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Planned educational activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, seminars
classes, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Methods and criteria of assessment
Assessment of semester work:
Oral presentation, additions and participation in discussions at seminars: - 10 points
2. Independent work No. 1 (writing an essay on one's own assessment of the moral state
of modern social life);– 5/10
Independent work No. 2 (comparative analysis of classical and non-classical ethics
traditions) –– 5/10 points
Independent work No. 3 (referencing articles on scientific ethical issues):
1 – 10/15 points
3. Control work: RN –- 10/15 points
Final evaluation in the form of an exam:
Written exam - 24 / 40 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Olena
Vasylivna
Shynkarenko
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy