COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to discuss a fundamental problem in ethics which the instructor of the course will select.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Almond, Brenda (ed. with D Hill), Applied Philosophy: Morals and Metaphysics in Contemporary Debate, London: Routledge.
Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics. Translated by W.D. Ross. Kitchener, Batoche Books, 1999
Bowie, Norman E. Kantian Ethics. Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, edited by Robert W. Kolb, vol. 3, SAGE Publications, 2008, pp. 1240-1244.
Hobbes, Thomas. 1651. Leviathan, in the version by Jonathan Bennett presented at www.earlymoderntexts.com.
Carr, D. (2017) Varieties of Virtue Ethics. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Copp, D (ed). (2007). The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory. New York: Oxford University Press.

Hinman, L.M. (2013). Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory. 5th ed.

Boston: Wadsworth. Kirchin, S. (2012). Metaethics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Frey, R.G. (ed). (2007). A Companion to Applied Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell.

Miller, A. (2013). Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Cambridge UK: Polity.

Ozolins, J. and Grainger, J (eds). (2015). Foundations of Healthcare Ethics: Theory to Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rachels, J. (2012). The Elements of Moral Philosophy. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. Trigg, R. (2005). Morality Matters. Malden MA: Blackwell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes