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Course details
Course code: VVSS00224o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Social science II
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 5 / 0
Lecturer: dr Eugeniusz Sadziński
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Lectures on philosophy are meant for students who believe philosophy has a general humanistic character that completes their knowledge at a basic level. The objective of the course is to shape moral sensitivity and the ability to assess phenomena in terms of good and evil. The essential aim of teaching ethics is also to order our own beliefs in accordance with our value system.
Competences: A universal character of philosophical issues makes this science a valuable proposal for understanding the world and particularly human life. It is served by the introduction to rich issues concerning values realized by both presenting the process of shaping them ( presentation of ethical conceptions in a historical perspective) and by reflecting on the ethical problems of the present day.
Prerequisites: Arts subjects at the secondary school level
Course content: Philosophy - the development of philosophical thinking from ancient times to contemporary times. Ethics - its subjects and place among other arts subjects. Presentation of selected ethical conceptions. Environmental ethics With a special emphasis on animal protection. Applied ethics - selected issues.
Recommended literature: J. Domański, Metamorfozy pojęcia filozofii, Warszawa 1996; R. H. Popkin, A. Stroll, Filozofia, Poznań 1994; W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, t. 1-3, Warszawa 1970; A. N. Whitehead, Nauka i świat nowożytny, Kraków 1987.
Assessment methods: Assessment after the each semester.
Comment: This subject lasts two semesters: Social science I and II.