COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5039 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN GÖÇMEN

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To explore the social contract teories from Hobbes to Kant with its internal relations, debates and contradictions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands suppositions of social contract.
2   Determines the place of Hobbes in the history of political thought.
3   Presents and discusses the difference of Locke from Hobbes.
4   Picks up what is new in social contract theory of Rousseau.
5   Presents the nreason why and how Kant follows a new line of thought between

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Hobbes: Leviathan
2 Hobbes: Leviathan
3 Hobbes: Leviathan
4 Locke: Two Treatises on Government
5 Locke: Two Treatises on Government
6 Locke: Two Treatises on Government
7 Mid Term Exam
8 Rousseau: Social Contract
9 Rousseau: Social Contract
10 Rousseau: Social Contract
11 Kant: Metaphysics of Morals
12 Kant: Metaphysics of Morals
13 Kant: Metaphysics of Morals
14 Kant: Metaphysics of Morals

Recomended or Required Reading

Hobbes, T., Leviathan: Bir Din ve Dünya Devletinin Içeriği, Biçimi ve Kudreti, Yapı
Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2012.
Hobbes, T., Yurttaşlık Felsefesinin Temelleri (Elementa Philosophica De Cive), Belge
Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007.
Locke, J., Hükümet Üzerine Ikinci Inceleme, Ebabil Yayınları, Istanbul, 2004.
Rousseau, J.-J., Toplum Sözleşmesi ya da Siyaset Hukuku Ilkeleri, Say Yayınları,
Istanbul, 2008.
Kant, I., Metaphysics of Morals, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
Kant, I., Metaphysik der Sitten, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are presented in detail in the sections "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS"

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

LO 1-3 will be assessed by the presentation and mid term examination of the student.
LO 4-5 will be assessed by home work and final exam of the student.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligatory to give the presentation and provide the home work in time to be determined.
It is essential to participate actively in lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Doğan Göçmen
0 232 301 94 04
dogan.gocmen@deu.edu.tr
http://dogangocmen.wordpress.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.25454545
LO.3445555
LO.45454545
LO.5545545

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