Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
162000401107ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICSElective113
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The objective of this course is to point out the results of all activities of people as politics, economy, science, technical, within the framework of the environmental ethics in the world and the Earth concepts.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Sevtap DOĞRU
Learning Outcomes
1To comprehend the meaning and significance of philosophy
2To understand the cause of arising and content of environmental philosophy
3To realize view of ecological notion to basic philosophical problems
4To be informed about the respect for life and nature
5To earn the ability of respect to nature throughout all his/her life
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The historical process and the emergence of environmental problems, human population growth and human impacts on the Earth, the Earth's carrying capacity, effects of religion and belief on the environment, politics and the environment, (in sharing resources, wars, hunger and the ecology), scientific approach and the effects on the environment, technology and the effects on the environment, anthropocentric environmental philosophies (environment, mechanistic approach, ecology of human welfare, enlightened self-interest argument), concept of sustainability, ecocentric environmental philosophies, the principles of deep ecology approach of environmental philosophies, the comparison of shallow and deep ecological approaches, ecological economics (eco-economy)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The historical process and the emergence of environmental problems
2The historical process and the emergence of environmental problems
3human population growth and human impacts on the Earth
4the Earth's carrying capacity, doomsday scenarios and possibilities
5effects of religion and belief on the environment
6politics and the environment, (in sharing resources, wars, hunger and the ecology),
7scientific approach and the effects on the environment
8technology and the effects on the environment
9anthropocentric environmental philosophies (environment, mechanistic approach, ecology of human welfare, enlightened self-interest argument)
10concept of sustainability
11ecocentric environmental philosophies
12the principles of deep ecology approach of environmental philosophies,
13the comparison of shallow and deep ecological approaches
14ecological economics (eco-economy)
Recommended or Required Reading
Çevre Etiği Çevre Felsefesine Giriş, Josepf R. Des Jardins, İmge Kitapevi, 2006. Lecture Notes (Lect. Sevtap DOĞRU)
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 Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures9218
Discussion14114
Question-Answer14114
Criticising Paper224
Self Study8216
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO2
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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