Doktoranský seminář 2018: Porovnání verzí
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| − | In this seminar we will deal with some fundamental ethical questions pertaining to the meaning of life, its quality and goodness. We shall compare various approaches, in particular of Thomas Aquinas and David Benatar | + | In this seminar we will deal with some fundamental ethical questions pertaining to the meaning of life, its quality and goodness. We shall compare various approaches, in particular of Thomas Aquinas, John Finnis and David Benatar. |
Requirements: Active participation. Weekly submission of 1-3 questions + brief summary of your readings. Recommended readings are set bellow in bold and passages indicated next to the bullets (Aquinas, Finnis, Benatar). These are recommendations only, please, feel free to focus on particular issues of your interest (within the broad scope of our seminar). | Requirements: Active participation. Weekly submission of 1-3 questions + brief summary of your readings. Recommended readings are set bellow in bold and passages indicated next to the bullets (Aquinas, Finnis, Benatar). These are recommendations only, please, feel free to focus on particular issues of your interest (within the broad scope of our seminar). | ||
| Řádka 7: | Řádka 7: | ||
When and where: 10am-1pm in "zasedačka" | When and where: 10am-1pm in "zasedačka" | ||
| − | 01.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Benatar" (William F. Vallicella) | + | 01.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Benatar" (William F. Vallicella, Lukáš Novák) |
08.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Aquinas" | 08.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Aquinas" | ||
| Řádka 15: | Řádka 15: | ||
==Primary literature== | ==Primary literature== | ||
| − | '''Thomas AQUINAS,''' [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/ | + | '''Thomas AQUINAS,''' Summa theologiae [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/] [https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/TOC.htm] |
'''RECOMMENDED:''' | '''RECOMMENDED:''' | ||
* ST I-II, q.2 (hapinnes a goal of human life) | * ST I-II, q.2 (hapinnes a goal of human life) | ||
| Řádka 48: | Řádka 48: | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
| − | *ARZROOMCHILAR Ehsan | + | *ARZROOMCHILAR Ehsan, ZAP |
| − | *EDL Tomáš | + | *EDL Tomáš, ZAP |
| − | *JAROLÍMOVÁ Jana | + | *GONZALEZ MARIJUÁN Dan Emilio (visitor) |
| − | *KOHOUTOVÁ Alena | + | *JAROLÍMOVÁ Jana ZAP |
| − | *KUTARŇA Andrej | + | *KOHOUTOVÁ Alena ZAP |
| − | *KILBERGER Pavel | + | *KUTARŇA Andrej ZAP |
| − | *KLOZAR Karel | + | *KUTARŇOVÁ Kateřina (visitor) |
| − | * | + | *KILBERGER Pavel ZAP |
| − | *MILICIC Nenad | + | *KLOZAR Karel ZAP |
| − | *PELTAN | + | *MAREŠ Lukáš (visitor) |
| − | *WERNEROVÁ Barbora | + | *MILICIC Nenad ZAP |
| + | *NOVAK Lukas, PhD (visitor) | ||
| + | *PELTAN Václav (visitor) | ||
| + | *WERNEROVÁ Barbora ZAP | ||
Aktuální verze z 14. 8. 2018, 12:33
In this seminar we will deal with some fundamental ethical questions pertaining to the meaning of life, its quality and goodness. We shall compare various approaches, in particular of Thomas Aquinas, John Finnis and David Benatar.
Requirements: Active participation. Weekly submission of 1-3 questions + brief summary of your readings. Recommended readings are set bellow in bold and passages indicated next to the bullets (Aquinas, Finnis, Benatar). These are recommendations only, please, feel free to focus on particular issues of your interest (within the broad scope of our seminar).
Program
When and where: 10am-1pm in "zasedačka"
01.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Benatar" (William F. Vallicella, Lukáš Novák)
08.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Aquinas"
15.06. "The Good Life: Themes from Finnis"
Primary literature
Thomas AQUINAS, Summa theologiae [1] [2] RECOMMENDED:
- ST I-II, q.2 (hapinnes a goal of human life)
- ST I-II, q.6-7 (voluntariness and circumstances)
- ST I-II, q.18 (goodness and malice human acts)
- ST I-II, q. 94 (natural law)
- ST II-II, q. 64 (double effect)
Secondary literture
ČERNÝ, David, Princip dvojího účinku: zabíjení v mezích morálky, 2016
- Overview of various acounts of morality of acts with negative and positive effects, both historical (starting with Thomas Aquinas) and contemporary.
BENATAR, David, The Human Predicament, Oxford, 2017.
- RECOMMENDED: ch. 1-3 (Introduction, Meaning, Meaninglessnes) and 8 (Conclusion)
FINNIS, John, "Aquinas' Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy", 2017 [3]
FINNIS, John, Natural Law and Natural Rights, Oxford, 1980, 2011.
- RECOMMENDED: ch. 3-5 (Basic Goods and Practical Reasonableness)
GRISEZ, Germain, “The First Principle of Practical Reason: A Commentary on the Summa Theologiae, 1–2, Question 94, Article 2”, 1965 [4]
GRISEZ, Germain, SHAW, Russell Beyond New Morality: The Reponsibilities of Freedom, 1974/1988
- Brilliant introduction to (a certain conception of) ethics, covering topics such as freedom, fullfillment, basic goods, action, etc.
JENSEN, Steven J. Knowing the Natural Law: From Precepts and Inclinations to Deriving Oughts (Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2015) NDPR
OSBORNE, Thomas, Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William Ockham, 2014
- Lucid comparative study of the topics such as causes of the act, practical reason, stages of the acts and their evaluation.
Participants
- ARZROOMCHILAR Ehsan, ZAP
- EDL Tomáš, ZAP
- GONZALEZ MARIJUÁN Dan Emilio (visitor)
- JAROLÍMOVÁ Jana ZAP
- KOHOUTOVÁ Alena ZAP
- KUTARŇA Andrej ZAP
- KUTARŇOVÁ Kateřina (visitor)
- KILBERGER Pavel ZAP
- KLOZAR Karel ZAP
- MAREŠ Lukáš (visitor)
- MILICIC Nenad ZAP
- NOVAK Lukas, PhD (visitor)
- PELTAN Václav (visitor)
- WERNEROVÁ Barbora ZAP
