Ethics

Course: Religious Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Ethics
Code
ОК. 16
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PRN 1. Communicate freely on professional issues in national and foreign languages orally and in writing, use languages for effective intercultural communication PRN 4. To organize the process of training and self-education PRN 16. To have the skills to manage complex actions or projects when solving complex problems in professional activities, to be responsible for making decisions in unpredictable conditions
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before starting this course, students should know the main stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process and the history of philosophy; basic concepts moral consciousness and the category of ethics. 2. To be able to process a large amount of philosophical literature; collect and interpret information about the phenomenon of morality and moral relations; apply the main philosophical terms, categories and classifications in the analysis of moral problems of our time. 3. Possess elementary skills of scientific research and information management; the use of foreign language professional philosophical information sources.
Course content
The discipline "Ethics" belongs to the list of mandatory disciplines and is taught in the sixth semester of the bachelor's degree. The educational discipline introduces students to the basics of the theoretical understanding of morality as a complex sociocultural phenomenon. Ideas about the origin, nature and historical development of morality and its relationship with the development of religious consciousness are summarized and systematized. The concept of morality is analyzed, attention is focused on modern discussions and different approaches to its justification, methods of its detection. The structural and functional analysis of the moral phenomenon contributes to the understanding of the specificity of the functioning of morality along with other value-normative cultural forms. The most important categories of ethics and the concept of moral consciousness are revealed, the valuable content of actions, meaningful life searches of a person are explained, the moral requirements of an individual to himself and others are substantiated. Current problems of modern applied ethics are considered, first of all, those that remain open for discussion, in particular in the context of secular and religious ethics.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
Examination evaluation takes place in written form. The ticket consists of 2 questions, each of which is evaluated on a scale of 20 points, which gives a total of 40 points for the exam. A student is not admitted to the exam if he scored less than 20 points during the semester. To receive an overall positive grade in the discipline, the grade for the exam cannot be less than 24 points. If a student scored less than 24 points on the exam, they are not added to the semester score grades (regardless of the number of points obtained during the study period). . The recommended minimum admission to the exam is 36 points Thus, the final grade for the discipline (minimum 60, maximum 100 points) consists of the sum of the number of points for the semester (minimum 36, maximum 60 points) and the examination paper (minimum 24, maximum 40 points).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Vitaliy Vitaliiovych Yefimenko
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy