Ethical Thought from Antiquity to the Era of Enlightenment FIL-ENG-SM>EthW

Methods and tools developed under the Programme ‘Consolidated Development Plan of UPJPII’ co-financed by the European Social Fund, under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development number and name of the Priority Axis: III. Higher education for economy and development, Measure number and name: 3.5 Comprehensive programmes of higher education institutions, on the basis of grant agreement no. POWR.03.05.00-00-Z104/17-01, as part of the creation of a new specialty in English "Philosophy in English" at the Faculty of Philosophy, in the course "History of ethics",are employed in the (currently offered) course "Ethical thought from Antiquity to the Era of Enlightenment.

During the course basic ethical thought of selected philosophers will be presented. We will discuss the most important ethical issues raised by them and the echo of past debates in contemporary discussions in public life

1. The birth of ethics: Homer, Hesiod, ethics of a citizen of polis.
2. Ethics before Socrates: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Democritus.
3. Sophists: Protagoras, Gorgias, Hippias.
4. Ethical intellectualism of Socrates.
5. Plato's ethical idealism.
6. Aristotle's perfectionist eudaemonism.
7. Ethics of Epicureans and Hedonists.
8. Stoics ethics.Ethics in Rome.
9. The birth of Christian ethics - the Old and New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth, the ethics of the first Christians.
10. Ethical thought of Saint. Augustine of Hippo.
11. Medieval Christian ethical thought
12. Ethical views of Saint. Thomas Aquinas.
13. N. Machiavelli, Renesissance ethics in Poland, Hobbit's Ethical egoism.
14. British empirism, Locke, Shaftesbury, De Mandeville, Butler, Hume's critique of the foundations of ethics.
15. Descartes' ethics, Spinoza Ethics, Ethics J.J. Rousseau.

The teacher will provide a study guide

Expected student's average workload:
Participation in the lectures - 30 hours
Preparing for the final exam - 30 hours
total: 60 hours/2 ECTS

Attendance is not mandatory, though it will significantly facilitate mastering the material. An attendance list will be kept at every class. Attendance does not affect the final grade.The early exam session is available only to those who have attended at least 10 meetings.