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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0806	Philosophy of Life	Spring Fall	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. SONGÜL DEMİR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to focus on the relationship between philosophy and life and to understand and analyze philosophical debates on this subject. Understanding philosophical debates about the relationship between philosophy and life is very important to understand and analyze today's thought. These discussions extend from Antiquity to the present day. The objective of the course is to conduct a philosophical analysis as to the goal and meaning of life and to develop an ability of critical thinking.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. To develop the student's ability to analyze and question.
2. To create awareness about issues related to daily life such as happiness, friendship and the other.
3. To provide the student with the ability to evaluate the experiences he/she has gained in his/her life.
4. To make the student realize that he/she does not live alone and always shares a life with the "Other" and to create awareness about those outside of himself/herself.
5. To develop analytical thinking skills.
6. To develop value judgments.

Course Content

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.

Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, reading, individual work, sample examination, and discussion.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Life and Philosophy Lecture
2)	Meaning of Life Lecture
3)	Philosophy of Life and Socrates Lecture and text reading
4)	Concept of Justice and Its Relationship with Virtue Lecture
5)	Concept of Friendship Lecture
6)	The Other Problem - Other Creatures and Us Raising Awareness for Nature and Environment Lecture
7)	The Problem of the Other and Levinas topic narration
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	Existentialism and two representatives of Existentialism: J.P. Sartre and A. Camus
10)	Humanism Lecture
11)	Concept of Death topic narration
12)	Death and Different Cultures topic narration
13)	Between Life and Death Lecture
14)	Philosophy and Today: Evaluation topic narration

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Derste alınan notlar “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer) / Course Notes / Textbooks “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). + Course Notes.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Application	1	% 15
Midterms	1	% 35
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Application	2	17	34
Study Hours Out of Class	13	3	39
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
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