546-0615/02 – Philosophy and Ethics of Environment (FEZP)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year5Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction1997/1998Year of cancellation2008/2009
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesMaster
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KUP73 doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 2+2
Part-time Graded credit 16+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The goal of the subject is to acquaint the students with the problems of environmental ethics. The students will learn in exercises the skills based on the competencies of environmental engineer.

Teaching methods

Seminars
Tutorials
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Summary

Environmental ethics is the discipline that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents. This course covers: (1) the challenge of environmental ethics to the anthropocentrism (i.e., human-centeredness) embedded in traditional western ethical thinking; (2) the early development of the discipline in the 1960s and 1970s; (3) the connection of deep ecology, feminist environmental ethics, and social ecology to politics; (4) the attempt to apply traditional ethical theories, including consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics, to support contemporary environmental concerns; and (5) the focus of environmental literature on wilderness, and possible future developments of the discipline.

Compulsory literature:

Light, A. and Katz, E. 1996. Environmental Pragmatism, London: Routledge. Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., and Behrens, W. W. 1972. The Limits to Growth, New York: New American Library.Sessions, G. (ed) 1995. Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Boston: Shambhala 1995.

Recommended literature:

Witoszek, N. and Brennan, A. (eds) 1999. Philosophical Dialogues: Arne Næss and the Progress of Eco-Philosophy, New York: Rowan and Littlefield.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Úvod do filosofie a etiky v životním prostředí. Vymezení základních pojmů. Představy o etice, environmentalismu, ekologii a environmentální etice. Morálka a etika; od etiky k etice životního prostředí. Rozbor nejvlivnějších myšlenkových proudů současné environmentální etiky – antropocentrismu, biocentrismu, ekocentrismu a teocentrismu. Hlubinná a hluboká ekologie; ekofeminismus. Hypotéza "Gaia". Lidé a "jiná" zvířata. Proč chráníme přírodu? Etika environmentální (ekologické) odpovědnosti.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 1960/1961 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
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Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Graded exercises evaluation Graded credit 100 (100) 0 3
        Other task type Other task type 100  0 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2008/2009 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2007/2008 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2006/2007 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Most 4 Choice-compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2004/2005 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 4 Choice-compulsory study plan
2004/2005 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2003/2004 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2002/2003 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2001/2002 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan
2000/2001 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 4 Choice-compulsory study plan
2000/2001 (M2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 5 Choice-compulsory study plan

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