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Ethics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:08.11.2022 12:22:28
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_218 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Philosophy | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Helmuts Caune | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to equip students with a range of analytical tools with which to assess and make judgments about competing ethical claims. It will also enhance students’ ability to communicate clearly and effectively about ethical issues, both with colleagues and with patients/clients and others. The training in Ethics is to develop the understanding of ethics in both the conceptual and practical realm, drawing on diverse historical and cultural traditions and social and political visions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Definitions and explanation of Ethics. Historical origins and development of ethical science. The place and importance of ethics in relation to other sciences. Review and discussion of ethical issues. Ethics as a lesson for life. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Ethics – practical philosophy. The place and role of morality in society. Virtue – a system of norms, principles, rules and human behaviour. The evolution and conditions of the consolidation of ethics, morals, and virtue in society. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The concepts of good and evil, their nature and application. Justice, its nature and application of the concept of equity. Duty, Responsibility and Freedom, their concept, mode of expression and application. Honour and respect, clarification and application of the concept. Concept, characteristics and manifestations of Conscience. The concept of shame and its characteristics. Searching for and explaining the meaning of life. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Representatives of the formation and idea of natural Law and Ethics. Virtue, reason and natural law in Stoic ethics. Ethics of natural law in Plato's philosophy. Renaissance era. The Age of Enlightenment, the Ethics of Immanuel Kant's Natural Law (the "Moral Imperative"). Ethics of Natural Law in Christian Theology (St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther). The Ethics of Natural Law in the Modern World. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | The ethics of positivism, its justification and criticism. Normative Ethics, directions and applications. Situation Ethics and its justification. Theo-centric (God's knowledge) Ethics and its justification. Utilitarian Ethics, its rationale and directions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Evaluation and criticism of different ethical trends, their importance in forming and strengthening ethical values of society. Conflict of laws and regulations with aspects of ethical (moral) principles. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Explanation of ethical values, principles and norms in professional work. Professional ethics and relation with job activities. Basic principles and rules of professional ethics. Behavioural conditions, customer relationships. Conflict of interest and its prevention. Respect of ethical values, principles and norms both in mutual and customer relations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Ethics and professionalism in public administration. Importance of professional ethics in public administration and aspects of its provision. Building reliable public administration. Main regulatory norms monitoring and regulating public administration. Principles of behaviour and activities of employees of public administration. Prevention of unethical practices and conflicts of interest. Constant observance and enforcement of ethical values, principles and norms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Corruption risks, types, prevention, problems and solutions. Public Administration and probability and types of corruption risks. The role of supervision and control in the activities of officials. Opportunities to seek help in cases of corruption risks. Openness, transparency and regular reporting to each employee on the progress they make. Careful treatment and supervision of financial and material values. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Medical Ethics. Professional ethics in healthcare, research and patient rights. The most important aspects and essence of medical ethics. Hippocratic Oath. Basic principles of medical ethics. Biomedical research and ethics (bioethics). Solutions to ethical dilemmas in health care and levels of medical responsibility. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Solutions to Ethical dilemmas and Human Rights. Differences in value systems and other aspects that create ethical dilemmas. Choice and ability to make the right decision. Client/patient self-determination and related issues. Professional responsibility in cases of ethical dilemmas. Solutions to ethical dilemmas in health care and levels of medical responsibility. Ethical dilemmas, treatment decisions, care at the end of life issues of patient dignity. Ethical issues relating to life. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Code of ethics, its formation and significance. Purpose and basic principles to be followed when drafting and writing the Code of Ethics. Cases of violation of the Code of Ethics and procedure of their investigation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Development and evaluation of a code of ethics for health care professionals – Practical work. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Monitoring of person’s ethical behaviour and behaviour of society. Different directions. Behaviour and behavioural regulation. Identifying, monitoring and promoting people-to-people relationships in society. Human rights aspects. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Professional ethics and public health. Its guiding principles. Public authority discretionary tools and responsibilities in public health protection and delivery. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | Evaluation of ethical violations, gross misconduct, disrespect and other aspects of an unethical behaviour. Conclusions. Solutions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | For the successful acquisition of the subject outside the class attendance students are obliged to self-structure their studies, analyze their level of knowledge and improve it; select and evaluate both the sources of literature already identified in the course description as well as actively work on the research of necessary information and material collections in libraries and internet resources as well. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Based on the knowledge gained during lectures, practical classes and independent work, students must elaborate and make a presentation of a freely chosen question, an issue or a problem related to ethics. It will evaluate the student's ability to apply the knowledge gained in his/her work as well as to carry out the analysis of the chosen topic (problem). The final test of the course is a written exam. The final mark will be graded on a 10-point scale. Prerequisites for successful completion of the course are: regular attendance of lectures, active participation in lectures and seminars, successful presentation of the prepared presentation and successful passing of the final test – written examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful course completion the students will be able to identify and name the most important ethical directions and areas of activity; to describe the main ethical principles, values and norms; explaining and setting out ethical categories, showing and listing their use in society and professional work, and recognizing, evaluating, and pointing out cases of ethical concern that give rise to dilemmas, conflicts of interest, potential risks of corruption, and how to address them. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in a practical way; to see and analyze ethical aspects in different fields of activity and situations; make appropriate decisions and act in accordance with ethical values, principles and norms; they will be skilled in explaining, demonstrating and addressing ethical issues in collaboration with fellow human beings; to de-fend, to argue, to persuade and to exemplify the promotion and observance of ethical values in society. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The knowledge gained through participation in the work of various institutions and bodies will help students to demonstrate their competence of professional and ethical behaviour. Through their personal example, students will develop and enhance the ethical environment, competence, professionalism and reputation of these institutions. The knowledge gained will contribute to good governance, which will be expressed through mutual respect with co-workers, the public and potential clients. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sīle, V. Profesionālās ētikas aktuālās problēmas. RSU Zinātniskie Raksti, Rīga, 2005. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Ētika valsts amatpersonu darbībā”. Rīga, 2008. Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata, Pasaules medicīnas asociācija. izdevusi Latvijas Ārstu biedrība, Rīga, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Peter Singer. Practical Ethics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 3rd edition, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Lasmane, S., Milts, A., Rubenis, A. „Ētika”/ Zvaigzne ABC, Rīga, 1995. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Milts, A. „Ētika: Personības un sabiedrības ētika”. Zvaigzne ABC, Rīga, 2000. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ameriks, Karl. „Kant and the historical turn: philosophy as critical interpretation”. Oxford University Press, 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | “Ethics and Morality”. Psychology Today | ||||||||
| 4 | Kuzņecova A. Profesionālās ētikas pamati. RAKA, RaKa, Rīga, 2003. | ||||||||
| 5 | Lasmane, S. Rietumeiropas Morāles filozofija. Antoloģija, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006. | ||||||||
