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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SOS408Moral PhilosophyCompulsory483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to comprehend the basic knowledge about Moral Philosophy.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Yakup KAHRAMAN
Learning Outcomes
1To recognize ethics as a philosophical discipline.
2Comprehend the differences and relationships between ethics and morality
3To follow the development of ethics, as a discipline, in the history of Philosophy.
4Able to recognize the ethical problems
5Recognize the ethical theories and approaches in history of philosophy
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Value and phenomenon, structure and properties of values, types of values, moral values, moral and moral philosophy, the conditions of moral behavior, the problem of freedom; morality, such as happiness and hedonism, Socrates, Cynics, Plato, Aristotle, Kant and homework ethics, Nietzsche
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1 Concepts of Ethics and Moral Philosophy.
2 Ethics as a philosophical discipline.
3 The relationship between ontology, epistemology and ethics
4 The basic concepts of ethics
5 Basic problems of ethics
6 The concepts of good and evil
7 Freedom and Responsibility
8 The purpose of the action in different schools of moral philosophy
9 Mid-term
10 The different philosophical schools of the Universal Moral Law
11 Epicurus' June morality and Epictetus' stoa ethics
12 Kant and ethics of duty
13 Possible relations between ethics and human philosophy
14 Professional ethics
15 General evaluation
16 Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Akarsu, B. 2005.Ahlak Felsefesi. İnkılap Yay. Akarsu, B. 2011.Ahlak Öğretileri. Remzi Kitabevi.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination14545
Final Examination14545
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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