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Course code: RESS10063o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Arts: Ethics/ Study of religions/ Study of Culture/ Sociology/ Social psychology/ History of philosophy
Major: Economics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr AGNIESZKA PIASECKA
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Ethics: The purpose of the lectures on ethics is to create moral sensitivity and ability to assess the phenomena within the cathegories of good and evil. The fundamental aim of the ethics is also to order own convictions in the view of value system, which is recognized by oneself. An introduction to an extensive value problems serves this aim what is being accomplished by both exibiting the process of their formation ( a presentation of ethical concepts in a historical perspective), as well as reflecting upon the ethical problems of the present day.
Study of Religions: to make students interested in religious variety of the contemporary world, curentness of religious attitudes in the world in the prwsence of widespread phenomenon of religious indifference and research on religions which are carried within various disciplines of studies of religions.
Study of Culture: to interest the students with a marvel of human specificity in the world of nature and with an ability to create culture; to show the achievement of the two basic disciplines examining culture, anthropology and sociology of culture; to present the area of anthropological research and its most typical investigative dilemmas – culture of the primeval societies; to show the basic investigative dilemmas of sociological culture refering to the cognition of cultural specificity of contemporary societies which are technologically advanced and complex as far as their social structure is concerned.
Sociology: A student acquires the basic knowledge within the range of general sociological problems through the recognition of the main notions, concepts and theories constituting the educational apparatus of sociology. A student also gets possibilities to improve rudimentary sociological knowledge in the direction towards the circumstantial subdisciplines.
Social psychology: Students: learn the concepts, problems and methods of social psychology; acquire the knowledge about the basic rules of social influence; become familiarized with the interactions: a person – a situation; participate in a great debate: how do the reasons and aims, affects and attitudes, and features of personality shape various social behaviours; learns how to construct harmonious relationships with other people; learns about the possibilities of solving interpersonal problems through a dialogue and open communication; shapes the abilities of assertive communication.
History of philosophy: Student learns the basic notions and problems of philosophy and ethics: student acquires knowledge about the efforts of the man of the West devoted to a search of the sense and the validation of values.
Competences: Ethics: The course provides knowledge enabling an ethical judgement of human attitudes – including attitudes towards animals.
Study of Religions: creating attitudes of benevolent interest, respect and tolerance towards other religions, their followers and concomitant cultures.
Study of Culture: creating an attitude of interest, respect and tolerance towards other cultures as well as interest in the cultural variety of the world and contemporary global phenomena in the culture.
Sociology: A student is able to carry out a critical analysis of social substance basing on the acquired elements of sociological knowledge.
Social psychology: Students: understand better themselves and others; can effectively achieve own goals: construct sound patterns of communication, manage moods and emotions, defend themselves and others, win social approval, make right decisions, acquire financial and social benefits.
History of philosophy: A completion of the course enables a student to understand oneself and his place in the world in a better way; a student can understand better a moral aspect of human behaviour.
Prerequisites: Ethics: Study of Religions: Study of Culture: Sociology: Social psychology: History of philosophy:
Course content: Ethics: The basic notions of ethics, nature of ethics: realism, naturalism, subjectivity, relativism; pre-filosophical concept of good and evil, classical christian ethics: St.Thomas of Akwin- natural law; utilitarianism- J. Bentham, J. ST. Mill; environmental ethics: the conflict about human’s position in nature – anthropocentrism, homocetrism, biocentrism; ethics of animals protection; abortion and the problem of a person; euthanasia.
Study of Religions: basic notions, definitions and classifications of religions, the history of religious interests, the development of the study of religions, the most interesting schools and investigative trends, investigative methods of contemporary study of religions. Research on most ancient history of religions and religions of the primeval folks. Religions of scripture throughout history. Specificity of Asian religions: India, China, Japan. Monotheism – Abrahamitic religions.Contemporary religion – forming processes.
Study of Culture: introduction to the study of cultures, the concept of culture, features of culture. The origin of culture, the formation of literate and state civilisation, the study into contemporary primeval cultures, anthropology of peasant societies, the study into sociological culture and culture of large social structures, the main problems of contemporary culture – mass-culture, globalization of culture.
Sociology: sociology as humanistic science, society as the subject of sociology, definition and types of social groups, sociological analysis of state, political parties, conditions of democracy, sociological concepts of a nation, sociological aspect of culture, socialisation and social control, social pathology, the use of questionnaire research and interview technique in sociology.
Social psychology: social psychology and its main theoretical perspectives; a person and a situation – motivational system, our picture of ourselves and the world; social cognition: understanding of ourselves and others, autopresentation, social influence, adfiliation and friendship, love and romantic relationships, pro-social behaviour, aggression, bias, stereotypes, discrimination ,presence of others and efficiency of actions, tools of social influence, how to adjust technical devices to mental and physical attributes of a human ( human engineering), ethos of practical efficiency ( around ethical engineering).
History of philosophy: The disputes over the concept of philosophy. Philosophy as a way of life. Philosophy as a search for a view on the world and the position of a human being in the world. Platonic concept of a heavenly eros. Eros’s way as a way of philosophy. Christian revelation and medieval philosophy. Cartesian breakthrough in philosophy. A myth of mind and demythicizing of the world in the modern culture. Pascal-like philosophy of faith and emotion as a reaction to the modern rationalism. An idea of progress and its fall. The faces of nihilism in philosophy and literature. Environmental philosophy as an attempt in a search for new solutions to fundamental problems of a modern man.
Recommended literature: Ethics: 1. P.Grosh, P. Vardy, Ethics, Z-sk i S-ka, Poznań 1994 2. J. Hałówka, Ethics in action, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2001/202 3. A. MacIntyre: A brief history of ethics, PWN, Warszawa, 1995 4. Z. Piątek, Environmental ethics, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 1998 5. The guide on ethics, Peter Singer, Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 2003 Study of Religions: 1. A. Bronk: The bases of the study of religions, Lublin 2003, TN KUL 2. Religions in the contemporary world. The outline of religious problems, collective work, Lublin 2001, TN KUL 3. Religions of the world. Encyclopaedic guide, Warsaw 1996, “ Książka i Wiedza” 4. Religions of the East and the West, A choice of texts, Warsaw 1991, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne 5. The outline of the history religions, Collective work, Warsaw 1976 and latter publications, “Iskry” Study of Culture: 1. Filipiak Marian: Sociology of culture. The outline of the problem, Lublin 2000, M. Curie-Skłodowska University 2. Kłoskowska Antonina: Sociology of culture, PWN Warsaw 1981 3. Nowicka Ewa: The world of a human- the world of culture, Wroclaw 1992, Wroclaw University 4. Wnuk-Lipiński Edmund: The understanding of culture. Sociological drafts, Watsaw I.W. CRZZ 1979 Sociology: 1. J. Szczepański, Basic concepts of sociology, Warszawa 1970, PWN. 2. J. Turowski, Sociology. Small social structures, Lublin 2001, KUL. 3. J. Turowski, Sociology. Large social structures, Lublin 2000, KUL. 4. P. Sztompka, Sociology. Analysis of a society, Kraków 2002, Znak. 5. N. Goodman, An introduction to sociology, Poznań 1997, Zysk i S-ka. Social psychology: 1. E. Aronson, A human being- a social being, PWN, Warsaw 1995 2. J. Jarco, B. Lewandowska, J. Stasiuk, Socjology and social communication, lectures, High School of Management, Wroclaw 2000 3. R. Cialdini, Influencing people. Theory and practice, Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, Gdańsk 2003 4. B. Wojcieszke, Psychology of love, Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, Gdańsk. Ossowski: Matters of social psychology, PWN , Warsaw 1967 5. R. Cialdini, T. Kenrick, S. Neuberg, Social psychology, Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, Gdańsk 2000 History of philosophy: 1.. J. Domański, Metamorphoses of a concept of philosophy, Warszawa 1996 2. R. H. Popkin, A. Stroll, Philosophy, Poznań 1994 3. W. Tatarkiewicz, A history of philosophy, v.1-3, Warszawa 1970
Assessment methods: Ethics: written or oral examination. The minimum required to pass: 60% Study of Religions: written or oral examination,the minimum required to pass: 60% Study of Culture: written or oral examination,the minimum required to pass: 60% Sociology: written examination, minimum required to pass – min. 50% Social psychology: pass note on the basis of exercises; exam. Mininmum required to pass: 60 % History of philosophy: written examination; minimum required to pass: 60%
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