Philosophy and Religion
| Subject | Philosophy and Religion |
| Semester | 2nd semester (spring) |
| Type | compulsory |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| Study programme: | Economics / 1st Bologna cycle |
| Primary language: | Slovene |
The course is delivered in Slovenian and is a compulsory course in accordance with the officially approved curriculum of the undergraduate study programme in Business Studies.
Prerequisites
Students must have sufficient general cultural knowledge, a sufficient vocabulary and a general command of Slovenian in order to follow the lectures, to understand the study materials and to be able to produce exercises and seminar papers in accordance with the requirements of a coherent arrangement of the material, rational justification and logical reasoning.
Content (Syllabus outline) 1. Philosophy and its main branches
the fundamentals of logic and epistemology: the question of truth
the basic concepts of metaphysics
anthropology: the fundamental characteristics of human existence and action, personalism
ethics: the basic approaches to justifying ethical rules, virtue ethics
political philosophy: the fundamental concepts of the theory of the social nature of the human being and of the state
2. The main currents of Western philosophy
Ancient philosophy: Platonism, Aristotelianism, Stoicism
Medieval philosophy: the problem of universals, Thomism
Modern philosophy: rationalism, empiricism, idealism, Marxism, modern phenomenology
3. The philosophy of religion
The essence of religiosity and of Christianity as the religion of our environment
Faith and reason
Religion and ethics
Religion in society
Secularisation and laicism
Objectives and competences
To present to students the fundamental questions in the field of Western philosophy and the philosophy of religion; To acquaint students with the fundamental philosophical and theological terminology; To acquaint students with the main philosophical and intellectual currents in the history of European culture; To enable students to understand basic philosophical and theological texts; To enable students to gain a deeper intellectual, cultural and spiritual understanding of the contemporary age and of its ideologies and worldviews.
Intended learning outcomes
Competences the ability to use the basic philosophical and theological terminology; the ability to read and understand texts on philosophical and theological subjects; the ability to understand and evaluate contemporary intellectual and ideological currents; the ability to formulate and express one's own philosophical and religious worldview rationally and logically. Learning outcomes Having passed the examination, the student will be able to: recognise and evaluate the basic intellectual currents of our spiritual culture; read with understanding the fundamental texts in the fields of political philosophy, ethics and Christian theology; take part in discussions on the fundamental ethical and intellectual currents.
Learning and teaching methods
Methods of work
- lectures presenting a question together with an explanation
- conversation/debate
- seminar and individual work on the basis of selected texts
Assessment consists of two elements: a written or oral examination (50% of the grade) and seminar work or tutorials (50%).
Readings- Učni in študijski material:
- Janžekovič, Janez. 2001. Smisel življenja. Celje: Mohorjeva družba.
- Stark, Rodney. 2012. Zmagoslavje razuma: kako je krščanstvo pripeljalo do svobode, kapitalizma in razcveta zahodne družbe. Ljubljana: Družina.
- Taylor Charles. 2000. Nelagodna sodobnost. Prev. B. Žalec. Ljubljana: Študentska založba 2000.
- Janžekovič Janez. 1966. Smisel življenja. Celje: Mohorjeva družba.
- Stres Anton. 1994. Človek in njegov Bog. Celje: Mohorjeva družba.
- Stres Anton. 1996. Svoboda in pravičnost. Oris politične filozofije. Celje: Mohorjeva družba.
- Lubac, Henri de, 2001. Drama ateističnega humanizma, Celje: Mohorjeva družba.
- Petkovšek Robert. 2016. Bog in človek med seboj, Ljubljana: Teološka fakulteta UL.
- Veber France. 2000. Filozofija. Ljubljana: Študentska založba.
- before and after lectures
- by arrangement