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Course: Philosophical Ethics for Medical Staff

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Course title Philosophical Ethics for Medical Staff
Course code KFI/FEPZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrabačka Ladislav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. A basic philosophical approach. Interrelation between ontology, epistemology, ethics, science and philosophical conception of human. The question of practical use. 2. The role of religion and religious ethics. Basics of axiology. 3. Problems of moral acting. Freedom and responsibility. 4. A brief history of ethics. Relation of ethics to law and social life. 5. A human being in the sense of existence and as a person. 6. A question of good and evil in philosophical perspective. 7. Human life, illness and death as philosophical problems. The sense and suffering. 8. Human life in relation to nature and society. Human responsibility particularly towards ill and desabled people. 9. An ethical education and its possibilities. Ethical challenges in contemporary medicine. 10. Codes and problems of medical ethics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
  • Contact hours - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
The students will get basic knowledge concerning a philosophical approach to human beings, towards a human being, ethical theories and acting. The students will use particular cases to demonstrate their ability to understand and use the knowledge in practical health care.
teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
assessment methods
Test
Recommended literature
  • Důstojnost umírajícího. In: Kontakt 4, s. 192-195.. 2002.
  • Euthanasie nebo paliativní péče? In: Kontakt 3, s. 122-124.. 2003.
  • Úcta k životu a jeho hodnota. In: Kontakt 2, s. 6-9. 2000.
  • Anzenbacher, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. v tomto překladu 2., V nakladatelství Academia 1. Praha : Academia, 2001. ISBN 80-200-0917-5.
  • Anzenbacher, Arno. Úvod do filosofie. Vyd. 2., přeprac, v Portále 1. Praha : Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-804-X.
  • Haškovcová, H. Fenomén stáří. Praha : Havlíček Brain Team, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-19-9.
  • Haškovcová, Helena. Lékařská etika. Praha : Galén, 2002. ISBN 80-7262-132-7.
  • Haškovcová, Helena. Thanatologie : nauka o umírání a smrti. 1. vyd. Praha : Galén, 2000. ISBN 80-7262-034-7.
  • Kohák, Erazim. Svoboda, svědomí, soužití : kapitoly z mezilidské etiky. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86429-35-0.
  • Munzarová, Marta. Lékařský výzkum a etika. Praha : Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0924-4.
  • Odehnal, I. Úvod do filozofie člověka. Brno : Ak. Nakl., 2002. ISBN 80-7204-230-0.
  • Rotter, Hans. Důstojnost lidského života. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1999. ISBN 80-7021-302-7.
  • Sokol, J. Etika a život. Pokus o praktickou filozofii. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7429-063-3.
  • Sokol, Jan. Filosofická antropologie : člověk jako osoba. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-627-6.
  • Šimek, Jiří; Špalek, Vladimír. Filozofické základy lékařské etiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0440-4.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 23.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026