Universität Wien

010021 VO Ethics I -Introduction into ethics (2024W)

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Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Vier Prüfungstermine (mindestens): einer zu Semesterende sowie drei im Folgesemester, also Sommersemester 2025.

  • Monday 07.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 14.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 21.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 28.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 04.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 11.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 18.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 25.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 02.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 09.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 16.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 13.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 20.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Monday 27.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Franz König Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview of the most important approaches of European moral philosophy: paradigms of European moral philosophy (Aristotle, Kant, utilitarianism); Classical justifications of ethics (natural law, rational law), current positions (discourse ethics, contractarianism, neo-Aristotelianism, analytical ethics, evolutionary ethics, applied ethics).
Method: Lecture with opportunity for discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exams. The exam is usually held in German, although English and Spanish are feasible if needed.
Update 2.20.2024: Exams in presence, handwritten. Please write as clearly as possible, in complete sentences, and extensive.
Address the keywords in the question, which also creates an argumentative arc.
It is not possible to cancel the test at the beginning once you have received the exam sheet.
Four exam dates: one at the end of January / begin of February, and at the beginning, middle and end of summer semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In order to pass the exam, sufficient expertise has to be proven, at least 51% of achievable points.

Examination topics

Content of the lecture including material, see MOODLE.

Reading list

A. Pieper, Geschichte der neueren Ethik, Tübingen 1992.
H. Pauer-Studer, Einführung in die Ethik, Wien 2003.
More literature will be mentioned in the lectures.

Association in the course directory

für 011 (15W) FTH 07, 033 195 (17W) BRP 09krp, 033 195 (17W) BRP 09ktb, 198 418 UF BA RK 08

Last modified: We 05.03.2025 16:25