Christian Social Ethics : politics and economics questions II

Teacher(s)

Lesch Walter;

Language

French

Main themes

In order to reach these goals, the course offers an analysis of a specific question, one time in the political field and the next time in the economical field. Important current files will be objects of research that need to use the tools of current ethics in connection with philosophy and social sciences The course will show some specificities of a Christian look aware of the plurality of approach.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	By the end of the course, the student should be able : - to clarify fundamental categories for ethical thought in the context of important questions about society - to relate the contributions of Christian traditions to public debates on social bound - to analyse the issues about the social involvements of Christians in dialogue with other convictions.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

God and Money
The ethics of economics deals with the relation between economic practice and the moral evaluation of these choices. And God in all that? The distance between market economy and religion seems to be enormous. There is a gap between the condemnation of an economy that kills and the religious legitimation of prosperity and private property. The confrontation of two worldviews is necessarily tense. The course wants to promote deeper reflection on the numerous contact points between religion and economy and to encourage critical thinking.

 

Teaching methods

There will be lectures and also important interactive moments based on texts that have to be read by all participants.

Evaluation methods

The elements of evaluation are the regular and active participation, the writing of a short essay (maximum 5 pages on a subject that can be chosen among the topics of the course) and an oral exam.

Other information

First meeting: Thursday, 20 September 2018, 8:30 - 10:30, room AGOR 04.
Office hours: Monday, 13:30 - 15:00, Collège Descamps d126.

Online resources

Selected texts will be available on Moodle.

Faculty or entity

TEBI