Sylabus
1. Introduction. Basic ways of ethical thinking.
2. Care of the soul - Socrates, Patočka.
3. Authenticity and inauthenticity and relationship to another person. Care of the other.
4. Ethics of care. The value of care, trust, solidarity.
5. Professional ethics.
6. Codes of ethics in the helping professions; principles of preparation of codes of ethics.
7. Ethics in relation to health. Disability vs. the idea of the ‘perfect human being’?
8. Commercialization and services.
9. Virtues and helping professions.
10. The topic of cooperation. Solidarity.
11. Ethical therapy. 12-13. Discussion of selected topics related to the area of APA.
14. Summary.
Anotace
This course introduces basic ways of ethical thinking, especially the application of deontology, virtue ethics and utilitarianism into the area of the helping professions. The course focusses on the themes of care, cooperation, solidarity, and the relationship of services and commerce.
It introduces professional ethics, ethics and its relationship to health, and ethical therapy