| What is the goal and meaning of life? What is the role of happiness, pleasure and utility in life? What is freedom and alienation? What is justice and equality? What is morality? What is the source of our moral decisions, actions and choices? How does reason and passion effect our life? What is good and bad in a moral context? What is the meaning of death in relation to life? What is the role of religion in determining the meaning and goal of life? The course aims to inquire into the answers to these questions through the theories of philosophers such as Aristippus, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Zeno, Pyrrho, Sextus, Augustinus, Aquinas, Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Mill, Marx, Heidegger and Sartre. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to Philosophy |
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| 2) |
Introduction to Philosophy and the Philosophy of Life |
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| 3) |
Ancient Period: Aristippos, Platon |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 4) |
Ancient Period: Aristotle, Epicurus, Zeno |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 5) |
Ancient Period: Pyrrho, Aenesedimus, Sextus |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 6) |
Medieval Period: Augustinus, Aquinas |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 7) |
Evaluation of Mid-Term Exam Results |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 8) |
16.,17. Century: Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 9) |
18. Century: Hume, Kant |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 10) |
19. Century: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 11) |
19. Century: Mill, Marx |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 12) |
20. Century: Heidegger, Sartre |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
| 13) |
20. Century: Heidegger, Sartre II |
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| 14) |
Revision |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
4 |
| 2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
| 3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
1 |
| 4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
1 |
| 5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
2 |
| 6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
2 |
| 7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
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| 8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
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| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
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| 10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
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| 11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
3 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |
BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
