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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
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2) |
Who's to Say What's Right and Wrong? |
Sharvy. R. 2007. Who’s To Say What’s Right or Wrong? People Who Have Ph.D.’s in Philosophy, That’s Who. Journal of Libertartian Studies, 21 (3): 3-24. |
3) |
Values: Objectivity and Subjectivity |
McConnell, Terrance C. “Objectivity and Moral Expertise,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy XIV (2) (June 1984), pp. 193-207. |
4) |
Identifying Values in Politics I: Plato |
Plato. 2008. Crito, Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
5) |
Identifying Values in Politics II: Aristotle |
Sandel, M. 2010. Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York. pp, 98-109 |
6) |
Value-neutral Politics I: Utilitarianism? |
J. Harris. 1975. Survival Lottery. Philosophy 50. |
7) |
MIDTERM |
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8) |
Value-neutral Politics II: Machiavelli's Politics Free from Confusion |
Machiavelli. N. 1992. The Prince. Dover: Dover Publications. |
9) |
Values, Duty and Suicide: Kant |
Langton R. 1992. Duty and Desolation. Philosophy 67: 481-505. |
10) |
Ethical Perspectives on Biomedical Science: David E. Cooper |
Cooper. D. E. 2002. The Frankensteinian Nature of Biotechnology. Aldershot: Ashgate. |
11) |
Identifying Values in Science: Social Phenomena Sartre |
Sartre. J. P. 2007. Existentialism is Humanism. London: Yale University Press |
12) |
Identifying Values in Freedom I: Berlin's Value Free/ValueLaden Conceptions of Freedom |
Berlin. I. 2002. “Two Concepts of Liberty”, in Liberty ed. H. Hardy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
13) |
Identifying Values in Freedom II: Heidegger's Existence and Freedom |
Heidegger. M. 1962. Being and Time. Trans. John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. |
14) |
Overview and Feedback |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line.
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References: |
You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. |
3 |
2) |
Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. |
5 |
3) |
Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. |
5 |
4) |
Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. |
3 |
5) |
Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. |
4 |
6) |
Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. |
5 |
7) |
Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. |
3 |
8) |
Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. |
5 |
9) |
Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. |
5 |
10) |
Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. |
5 |
11) |
Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. |
4 |