202004 VO Fundamentals of Ethics

winter semester 2018/2019 | Last update: 01.04.2019 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Christian Philosophy

Instructor:

assoz. Prof. Dr. Bruno Niederbacher, +43 512 507 85026

Course number:

202004

Title:

VO Fundamentals of Ethics

Type/hours:

VO 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

The aim of this lecture is to enable students to understand ethical questions, positions, arguments and to discuss them in a philosophically appropriate way.

Contents:

The lecture gives a contemporary introduction to ethics, its main normative theories and some metaethical questions like: Is there moral truth? Can our moral beliefs be justified? What makes moral beliefs true? Are there moral facts?

Methods:

Lecture inputs and discussions.

Assessment:

Oral.

Literature:

Harry J. Gensler: Ethics. A Contemporary Introduction, London and New York 1998.

Prerequisites:

none

OLAT:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/4396646412

Start:

02.10.2018

Course allocation

Faculty of Catholic Theology

Diploma programme Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (300 ECTS-Credits, 10 semesters)

First Part of Studies

Compulsory Modules (152.5 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 3: Philosophy I (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)

Bachelor's Programme Philosophy at Faculties of Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)

Compulsory Modules (152.5 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 2: Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)

Faculty of Philosophy and History

Bachelor's Programme Classica et Orientalia according to the curriculum 2015 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)

Elective Module from the Diploma Programme Catholic Theology (20 ECTS-Credits)

Faculty of Teacher Education

Bachelor Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) according to the curriculum 2015 (240 ECTS-Credits, 8 semesters)

Subject Catholic Religious Education

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 2: History of Philosophy and Philosophical Fundamentals (10 ECTS-Credits; 10 h)

Interdisciplinary and additional courses

Interdisciplinary courses

Interdisciplinary courses for Bachelor's Programmes

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Tue 2018-10-02	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-10-09	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-10-16	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-10-23	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-10-30	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-11-06	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-11-13	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-11-20	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-11-27	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-12-04	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2018-12-11	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-01-08	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-01-15	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-01-22	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-01-29	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free