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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FEL 5028 CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF ETHICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

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 discuss and evaluate main ethic problems of our age and the proposed solutions of these.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   She/He can comprehend main ethic problems of our age 2   She/He can discuss selected ethic problems and produced solutions for these problems. 3   She/He can evaluate selected ethic problems and produced solutions for these problems. 4   She/He can advise the new perspectives about solutions of selected ethic problems. 5   She/He can found the new perspectives about solutions of selected ethic problems orally or in writing.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The main ethical problems of our age 2 Curettage as ethical problem 3 Positive discrimination as ethical problem 4 Animal rights as ethical problem 5 Death penalty as ethical problem 6 Euthanasia as ethic problem 7 Cloning as ethic problem 8 Midterm exam 9 Presentation and Discussion 10 Presentation and Discussion 11 Presentation and Discussion 12 Presentation and Discussion 13 Presentation and Discussion 14 Presentation and Discussion 15 Presentation and Discussion 16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

COHEN&WELLMAN (ED) CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN APPLIED ETHICS (MALDEN MA/OXFORD BLACKWELL PUBL ınc 2005) GORDON GRAHAM, EIGHT THEORIES OF ETHICS NEW YORK/LONDON ROUTLEDGE, 2004. Nikomakhos'a Etik, çev. Saffet Babür, Ankara, 1 997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer,discussion, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

AL 1-3 will be evaulated in terms of mideterm exam and presentation. Al 4-5 will be evaulated in terms of final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Kurtul Gülenç 0232 301 79 18 kurtul.gulenc@deu.edu.tr http://www.kurtulgulenc.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 7 3 21 Preparation for final exam 1 7 7 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Midterm 1 3 3 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 4 4 LO.2 5 4 5 3 5 LO.3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 LO.4 4 4 5 4 LO.5 5 5 3 5 4