COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VALUE THEORY: THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ETHICS AND AESTHETICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5070 VALUE THEORY: THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ETHICS AND AESTHETICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

It is understood what the meaning of ethics and aesthetics is and how is relationship between them. To understand ethics and aesthetics within the view of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students understand the relationship between ethics and aesthetics.
2   Students learn particular relations between ethics and aesthetics.
3   The student learns different ethical and aesthetical approaches.
4   Student can analyze philosophical criticisms on effects of ethics in pluralism, tolerance and catharsis.
5   Student can analyze philosophical criticisms on effects of aesthetics in pluralism, tolerance and catharsis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental Problems of Ethics and Aesthetics
2 Epistemological and Ontological Nature of Aesthetics
3 Reductionist Approach to Ethics and Aesthetics Relationships I: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.
4 Reductionist Approach to Ethics and Aesthetics Relationships II: Aquinas, el-Farabi
5 Reductionist Approach to Ethics and Aesthetics Relationships III: Avicenna, Shaftesbury.
6 Relational Approach or from aesthetics to ethics : Kant, Kierkegaard.
7 Rejecting or Exclusionary Approaches I: Rousseau.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Rejecting or Exclusionary Approaches II: Wittgenstein ve Sartre
10 Rejecting or Exclusionary Approaches III: Estetikcilik ve Wilde, Heidegger.
11 Purification / Catharsis as an element of Ethics and Aesthetics I.
12 Purification / Catharsis as an element of Ethics and Aesthetics II
13 Relation between Pluralism and Aesthetics.
14 Aesthetic and Moral Structure of Religious Texts.

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Aydın Işık, Din ve Estetik: Felsefi Bir Inceleme, Tibyan Yayıncılık, Izmir, 2011.
2- Turan Koç, Islam Estetiği, ISAM Yayınları, Istanbul, 2008.
3- Cafer Sadık Yaran, Lale Delili: Estetikten Etiğe ve Metafiziğe, Dinbilimleri: Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, 9. Cilt, Sayı: 2, Samsun, 2009.
4- Ismail Tunalı, Estetik, Remzi Kitapevi, 11. Baskı, Istanbul, 2008.
5- Umberto Eco, Ortaçağ Estetiğinde Sanat ve Güzellik, Çev. Kelam Atakay, Can Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
6- Kierkegaard, Etik-Estetik Dengesi, Trans. Ibrahim Kapaklıkaya, Ağaç Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
7- Taylan Altuğ, Kant Estetiği, Payel Yayınları, II. Baskı, Istanbul, 2007.
8- Afşar Timuçin, Estetik, Bulut Yayınları, 8. Baskı, Istanbul, 2008.
9- J.J. Rousseau, Bilimler ve Sanatlar Üstüne Söylev, Trans. Sabahattin Eyüpoğlu, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007.
10. Immanuel Kant, Yargı Yetinsin Eleştirisi, Trans. Aziz Yardımlı, Idea Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questions-answers, examples of homework on the review and implementation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be determined according to the examinations and lecture performances.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13454
LO.23454
LO.33454
LO.43454
LO.53454