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 | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
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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 | Successfully applies theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts | |||||
2 | Carries best practices in terms of work and food security, safety and hygiene in food production | |||||
3 | Appreciates, evaluates and makes decisions regarding to visual, textual and nutritional data with respect to food production and presentation | |||||
4 | Recognizes and evaluates the impact of gastronomy on culture and society | |||||
5 | Assumes responsibility for solving complex problems that may occur in the field of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, both individually and as a team member | |||||
6 | Evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts with a critical approach and effectively communicate their ideas and suggestions for solutions in written and oral form. | |||||
7 | Possesses necessary knowledge and skills in relevant fields such as gastronomy, design, law and management and effectively apply them to the practice of Culinary Arts | |||||
8 | Uses the technological tools related to Gastronomy and Culinary Arts effectively | |||||
9 | Updates and improve the knowledge, skills and competencies related to Gastronomy and Culinary Arts with lifelong learning awareness and sustainability with an ethical approach | |||||
10 | Collects data in the areas of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language. (European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1) | |||||
11 | Speaks a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
12 | Relates the knowledge gained through the history of humanity to the field of expertise |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest