Lecture 1 Moral purpose of leadership

2016-05-05T22:06:43+03:00

The first lecture in session 2 focuses on the ethics and morality of leadership as seen by some of the great thinkers in the history.

Before the lecture either print or save on your computer the related power point slides.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS210_S2_L1.pdf

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

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Assignments after the lecture:

1. Reflective report. Write your learning experiences into your personal reflective report. The reflective report for session 2 will be submitted after lecture 4.
2. Workbook, Chapter 1: Good ideas from the past. Think about the good ideas from history, which perhaps have been forgotten. You can find more information from the supplementary material below. Think about yourself, your own country and context. Do any of these ideas still fit? What kind of good ideas can you find which in your opinion could or should be implemented in your context.

How to write a workbook.

Submit the chapter 1 of your workbook here.

After completing the assignment you can proceed to lecture 2.

Supplementary material:

Below is a list of additional supplementary material to be used for individual development. The material can also be used in the final assignment of this course.

1. For more information about Socrates, see e.g. the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
2. For more information about Plato, see e.g. the Philosophy Pages: Plato http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm
3. For more information about Aristotle, see e.g. The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/ or The Encyclopedia Britannica http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/34560/Aristotle
4. For more information about SunZu and The Art of War you can read from e.g. http://suntzusaid.com/ http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
5. Read more about comparative study of early islamic scholarly thoughts and their reception by western economists http://islamic-world.net/economics/al_kharaj.htm
6. For more information about Al-Ghazali, see e.g. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/al-ghazali/ Islamic Philosophy online http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/H028