202204 VO Fundamentals of Ethics

winter semester 2019/2020 | Last update: 09.04.2019 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Christian Philosophy

Instructor:

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

Course number:

202204

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/4561829951

Start:

01.10.2019

Course allocation

Faculty of Catholic Theology

Bachelor's Programme Catholic Religious Education according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)

Compulsory Modules (180 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 2: Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)

Interdisciplinary and additional courses

Interdisciplinary courses

Interdisciplinary courses for Bachelor's Programmes

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Tue 2019-10-01	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-10-08	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-10-15	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-10-22	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-10-29	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-11-05	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-11-12	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-11-19	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-11-26	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-12-03	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2019-12-10	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2020-01-07	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2020-01-14	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2020-01-21	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free
Tue 2020-01-28	16.00 - 17.45	HS I (Theologie) HS I (Theologie)	Barrier-free