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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0607 | Ethics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor HAKAN KURUNÇ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to introduce students with some basic concepts and discussions of ethics to enable them to think critically and philosophically.. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The student will be able to distinguish ethics by gaining insight into its basic concepts, questions and problems The student will be able to analyze ethics by understanding the differences between it and other philosophical disciplines. The student will be able to evaluate the problems of ethics The student will be able to apply the methods and concepts of ethics to the contemporary moral problems. The student will be able to comprehend the relationship between ethics and history of ethics |
To introduce basic concepts and problems of ethics; to gain insight to the history of ethics. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction, Critical Reasoning. Analysing Moral Reasoning | Course notes |
2) | The Turn to Reason. Why be Moral? | Course notes |
3) | Introduction to Subjectivism and Objectivism | Course notes |
4) | The Moral System: Moral rules, Moral ideals | Course notes |
5) | Reason, Knowledge and Scepticism | Course notes |
6) | Plato's dialogue: Meno | Course notes |
7) | Plato's dialogue: Crito | Course notes |
8) | Understanding Virtue Ethics | Course notes |
9) | Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics | Course notes |
10) | Moral Principles and Moral Theories | Course notes |
11) | Kant (Deontology) – Categorical Imperative | Course notes |
12) | Bentham and Mill - Utilitarianism | Course notes |
13) | Ethics and Animals. Ethics and Environment | Course notes |
14) | Capital Punishment. Ethics and War | Course notes |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Annas, Julia: 2000, Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, Oxford U.P Chappell, Timothy: 2009, Ethics and Experience, Durham, Acumen Publishing. Hooft, Stan von: 2006, Understanding Virtue Ethics, Chesham, Acumen Publishing MacIntyre, Alasdair: 1998, A Short History of Ethics, 2.ed., London, Routledge. Thomson, Anne: 1999 Critical Reasoning in Ethics: A Practical Introduction, London, Routledge. |
References: | A.Cevizci, Etiğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2. Baskı, 2007. Aristoteles, Nikomakhos’a Etik, (çev. S. Babür), Ayraç Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998. Immanuel Kant, Ahlâk Metafiziğinin Temellendirilmesi (çev.: İ. Kuçuradi), TFK Yayınları, Ankara, 1995. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 25 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 97 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | List the relations between concepts and institutions related to various legal disciplines and this concepts and institutions. | |
2) | Have the knowledge of legal methodology and methods of comment. | |
3) | Comment the modern legal gains with the historical knowledge. | |
4) | Have the knowledge of philosophical currents of thought which are the bases of legal rules. | |
5) | Have the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them. | |
6) | Resolve the juridical disagreements in light of legal acts, juridical decisions and doctrine. | |
7) | Use at least one foreign language as scientific language. | |
8) | Have the knowledge of the political and juridical foundation of the state. | |
9) | Have the knowledge of the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and of the basic documents which are accepted throughout this development. | |
10) | Have the ability to resolve the disagreements which can violate the social order in national or international level. | |
11) | Have the ability to prevent the juridical disagreements between individuals. | |
12) | Have the knowledge of international and comparative law systems. | |
13) | Have the knowledge of the construction and the conduct of the national and international commercial relations. | |
14) | Use Turkish in an efficient way both verbal and written. | |
15) | Have the professional and ethical responsibility. | |
16) | Have the knowledge on the European Union’s legislation and institutions. | |
17) | Have the knowledge on juridical regulations and applications related to economical and financial mechanisms. | |
18) | Have the knowledge of the operation of the national and the international judicial bodies. |