| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enveriomental Ethics | SBK436 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Günay GÖNÜLLÜ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explains the intellectual foundations of environmental problems.
2) Discusses about different ethical approaches to environmental issues.
3) Establishes the relationship between ethics and economics.
4) Establishes the relationship between ethics and ecology.
5) Explains the links between ethics, legal, and society.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
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| 1 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | High | High | No relation | High | |
| 3 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
Course, focus on the intellectual foundations of environmental problems and explicate the concern of the idea of ??enlightenment and understanding of the nature, industrialization, and the different ethical approaches such as antropocentric, bio-centric, eco-centric ethics for understanding of the intellectual foundations of the social and economic structure of the environmental issues.
Weekly Schedule
1) Concept of ethics2) Ethics theory and the environment
3) Basic theories on human-nature relationship
4) Ethics and economics
5) Capitalism and the environment
6) Anthropocentric theories
7) Eco and biocentirc theories
8) Rights of future generations
9) Animal rights
10) Earth ethics
11) Ecophilosophy
12) Environmental justice and social ecology
13) Ecofeminism
14) Pluralism, pragmatism and sustainability
15) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
- Kıvılcım AKKOYUNLU ERTAN, (2015). "Leopoldcü Düşünce ve Yeryüzü (Toprak) Etiği", Cilt 10, Sayı 23, 1-20.
- AKALIN, Mehmet (2022). Çevre Etiği Çevreye Felsefi Yönelimler, Ankara: İKSAD Yayınevi,
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Presentation/Seminar to Course Grade |
60% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required