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Ethics Towards Animals

General data

Course ID:	3700-AZm-L1-3-EWZ
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0220) Humanities (except languages), not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ethics Towards Animals
Name in Polish:	Etyka wobec zwierząt
Organizational unit:	Faculty of "Artes Liberales"
Course groups:	(in Polish) Antropozoologia (1) międzydziedzinowe studia przyrod.-hum.-społ., 01.10.2022
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The course offers an overview of the main ethical theories and attitudes towards animals. Students will learn to distinguish different ethical trends and argumentation related, among other things, to animal rights, the value of animal lives, the empowerment, wellbeing and protection of animals. They will also learn about different critiques of different ethical theories and try to offer their own approach to them. They will also learn how to lead a discussion in which they are able to defend their attitude towards animals with the help of arguments from different ethical theories and utilizing their knowledge from other areas.
Full description:	(in Polish) Zakres tematów omawianych na poszczególnych zajęciach znajduje się części opisowej w aktualnym cyklu dydaktycznym:
Bibliography:	Provided by the lecturer.
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: - Basic knowledge of environmental philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and ethics. - Understanding the role of law, customs and morality as regulators of human-animal relations. - Knowledge about ethical and cultural attitudes towards animals in the history of civilization, especially changes occurring in contemporary times. - Understanding the natural, economic, legal, social and political determinants of human-animal relations. - Awareness of the consequences of decisions, especially those affecting the natural environment and animal wellbeing. - Familiarity with resources in the arts, literature, language and philosophy related to reflection about animals and animality. Skills - Diagnosing the main ideological disputes over the status of animals and their use by humans in the course of history - Communicating in a modern foreign language and making use of foreign-language source materials - Knowing how to continually update and expand one’s knowledge and improve one’s skills. Social skills: - Being prepared for fact-based argumentation in academic debates and ideological disputes while respecting views different from one’s own - Being prepared for acting in accordance with the code of scientific work ethics and decency while respecting one’s own and others’ health as well as intellectual property rights - Being prepared for using deductive thinking skills in analysing natural phenomena and cultural processes
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Prezentacja, udział w dyskusji, krótka praca pisemna

Classes in period "Academic year 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK CW TH FR
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours, 45 places more information Lecture, 30 hours, 45 places more information
Coordinators:	Sebastian Szymański
Group instructors:	Sebastian Szymański
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Classes - Grading Lecture - Grading

Classes in period "Academic year 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-06-08	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK TH FR
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours more information Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Sebastian Szymański
Group instructors:	Sebastian Szymański
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Classes - Grading Lecture - Grading

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