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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Related Preparation |
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Introduction to Philosophy |
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Introduction to Philosophy and the Philosophy of Life |
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Ancient Period: Aristippos, Platon |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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Ancient Period: Aristotle, Epicurus, Zeno |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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Ancient Period: Pyrrho, Aenesedimus, Sextus |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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Medieval Period: Augustinus, Aquinas |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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Evaluation of Mid-Term Exam Results |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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16.,17. Century: Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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18. Century: Hume, Kant |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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19. Century: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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19. Century: Mill, Marx |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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20. Century: Heidegger, Sartre |
Text Reading: “Ethics” (edited by David Cooper); “Ethics” (edited by Peter Singer). |
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20. Century: Heidegger, Sartre II |
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14) |
Revision |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media. |
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Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video. |
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Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video. |
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Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video. |
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Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video. |
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Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video. |
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Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture |
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Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images. |
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Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge. |
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Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media. |
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Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture. |
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Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication. |
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Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects. |
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Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology. |
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