COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL ISSUES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5111 CLASSICAL ISSUES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY 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

To make ethical consciousness; about classical problems of moral philosophy (ethics); thus, to make students develop ethical approach and ability to criticise the events, and issues ethically

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will know classical ethics theories
2   They will be able to evaluate the life ethically
3   They will get information about moral philosophers in classical period
4   They will see some classical period s problems in ethics
5   They will get information about some solutions about these problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A problematic look at the course and methodological issues.
2 Some criteria about ethical evaluation.
3 Free will, action-will-choice relation.
4 The term good , its definition, classification, and related problems.
5 The term virtue , its definition, classification, and related problems.
6 Virtues of character; generosity, splendour, magnanimous.
7 Some issues related to the virtue of justice.
8 Main features of the virtue of justice.
9 The virtue of mind and minds nature.
10 Ethical problems about self-control.
11 Friendship; its definition, its relation with love, and functions in ethics.
12 The relation between happiness and pleasure.
13 The relation between morality and metaphysics (metaphysical ethics and ethical metaphysics.)
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Aristotle, Nikomachean Ethics;
Farabi, Mutluluğun Kazanılması, Fusulul Medeni, Tenbih, Medinetü'l-Fazıla;
Kant, Ahlak Metafiziği;
Ibni Miskeveyh, Tehzibü'l-Ahlak.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students needs to prepare an essay or a homework assignment about subject. The mid-term exam and final exam are taking place in class according to timetable of the course

Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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