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Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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Philosophy and The Theory of Social Welfare | CEK471 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Fall | 4 |
Associate Prof. Dr. Aslı TAŞDEMİR
1) Students will be able to grasp the main moral and theoretical debates
Program Competencies | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
1 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle |
Face to Face
None
Social Policy Seminars, History of Social Thought, Social Policy
This course is about the moral foundations on and the main theoretical approaches to social welfare. On that basis, the course will take into the debates on social needs and social welfare; the main perspectives on the distribution of resources (wealth and power), normative notions underpinning social welfare and social policy (equality, rights, social justice, altruism and fairness), social welfare institutions and ideologies of social welfare.
1- Plant, R., Taylor-Gooby, P., Lessor, H. (2009) Political Philosophy and Social Welfare: Essays on the Normative Basis of Welfare Provisions, Routledge Revivals.
2- Leiby, J. (1985), Moral Foundations of Social Welfare and Social Work, Social Work, 30 (4): 323-330
3- Herman, R. (1976), Philosophy, Sociology and the Theory of Social Welfare: A Conceptual Starting Point, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 3 (4).
4- Wolff, J. (2015), Political Philosophy and the Real World of Welfare State, Applied Philosophy, 32 (4): 360-372.
5- Evans, S. (2016), What should social welfare seek to achieve? Applying the capability approach, Ethics and Social Welfare, 11 (1): 19-32.
6- Marshall, T.H (2009), Citizenship and Social Class, Inequality and Society içinde, J. Manza ve M. Sauder (der.), W. W. Norton and Co.: New York.
7- Alcock, P. (1996), Ideologies of Welfare, Social Policy in Britain içinde, J. Campling (eds.), Palgrave: London.
8- Pettersen, T. (2011), The Ethics of Care, Normative Structures and Empirical Implications, Health Care Anal, 19 (1): 51-64.
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Brain Storming
6) Self Study
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
English
Not Required