Syllabus
There are five lectures and eight seminaries during the summer semester of the 1st year. The topics of the lectures are as follows: 1. An Introduction to the philosophical thinking. The Philosophy and the Science, the Ethics and the Science. Freedom. Ethics and Morality. Descriptive and Normative Ethics. 2. A Short Introduction to the Basic Ethical Theories. Hedonism and Utilitarism. Deontology. Immanuel Kant. Virtue Ethhics. Aristotle. 3. Four Principles of Modern Medical Ethics. Double Effect. Conflicts between principles.4.The Problem of the Personhood. Human Being and Human Person. Empirical Functionalism and Ontological Personalism 5. A Short Introduction to the Eugenics. From 19th Century till the Sequencing of the Human Genome.
The topics of the seminaries are as follows:1. Introductory Thoughts. Ethics and Morality. Descriptive and Normative Ethics.2. Ethical Theories. Hedonism and Utilitarianism. Immanuel Kandt and Deaontology. Virtue Ethics.3. The Problem of the Personhood. Human Being and Human Person. Empirical Functionalism and Ontological Personalism. 4. The Beginning of Human LIfe. The Status of the Human Embryo. Embryology and Ethics.5. The Symbolism of Human Body. The imagination, speech, thinking. The Quality of Human Life. The Body and Soul. Dreams in culture and history. What does it mean to be a Human? 6. Freedom and Conscience. 7. Spirituality of the Dying Patients. 8. Physician - Patient Relationship.
Annotation
The lectures and seminaries are outlined as an introduction to philosophical thinking. The course concerns the basics of philosophy and ethics.
The different ethical theories, basic philosophical terms, and schools of thought are touched on. The transformation of the question "What does it mean to be a human" in different times and contexts is discussed.