Course Name | Ethical Decision Making |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GEET 304 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionCase StudyLecture / Presentation | |||||
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Course Objectives | Ethics is the study of how we ought to live well and how to live rightly. This course aims each student to have the opportunity to think deeply and systematically about the primary components of living a good human life and begin a lifelong process of reflection and self-scrutiny regarding her or his own life. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course is designed as an introduction to moral philosophy through a number of central issues. The main aim of the course, therefore, is to introduce students with major theories, thinkers and concepts of ethics. Successful students will be able to apply these concepts and theories to controversial moral issues as well as to their personal, everyday life in a reflective manner. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to the course: Objectives and Expectations - What guides us while making ethical decisions? | Lisa Newton, “The Principles of Ethics”, Ethical Decision Making: Introduction to Cases and Concepts in Ethics, Springer, 2013, pp. 23-31. |
2 | What is ethics? Socratic Beginnings | Simon Blackburn, “Introduction,” in Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-9. |
3 | Utilitarianism: Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill | Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 pp. 31-57. |
4 | Duty Ethics | Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, pp. 103-139. |
5 | Personhood, Human Rights, and Justice | Andrew Clapham, “Human Rights – a Very Short Introduction”, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 1-22. |
6 | Case Analysis & Movie Screening | Movie: Extreme Measures (1996) |
7 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | Virtue Ethics | Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, pp. 184-207. |
9 | From Virtue towards the Ethics of Care | Annette C. Baier, 1987, “The Need for More than Justice”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 13 (1): 41-56. |
10 | Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics | Lori Gruen (2017), “The Moral Status of Animals,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.). URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal |
11 | Markets and Morals | Michael J. Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, Penguin, 2012, pp. 10-17. |
12 | Case Analysis & Movie Screening | |
13 | Student Presentations | |
14 | Student Presentations | |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Final Exam |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
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Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 |
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Midterm | 1 | 35 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 1 | 15 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 12 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 25 | |
Total | 120 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics or theories and applications of statistics. | |||||
2 | To be able to use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge, interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the fields of mathematics or statistics. | |||||
3 | To be able to apply mathematics or statistics in real life phenomena with interdisciplinary approach and discover their potentials. | |||||
4 | To be able to evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach and develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning. | |||||
5 | To be able to share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals, non-professionals. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both as a team member or individual in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field, planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project. | |||||
7 | To be able to use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge. | |||||
8 | To be able to act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. | |||||
9 | To be able to possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also environmental protection, worker's health and security. | |||||
10 | To be able to connect concrete events and transfer solutions, collect data, analyze and interpret results using scientific methods and having a way of abstract thinking. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Mathematics or Statistics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language. | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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