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Description of Individual Course UnitsCourse Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | 162000401107 | ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS | Elective | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | To comprehend the meaning and significance of philosophy | 2 | To understand the cause of arising and content of environmental philosophy | 3 | To realize view of ecological notion to basic philosophical problems | 4 | To be informed about the respect for life and nature | 5 | To 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 | |
1 | The historical process and the emergence of environmental problems | | | 2 | The historical process and the emergence of environmental problems | | | 3 | human population growth and human impacts on the Earth | | | 4 | the Earth's carrying capacity, doomsday scenarios and possibilities | | | 5 | effects of religion and belief on the environment | | | 6 | politics and the environment, (in sharing resources, wars, hunger and the ecology), | | | 7 | scientific approach and the effects on the environment | | | 8 | technology and the effects on the environment | | | 9 | anthropocentric environmental philosophies (environment, mechanistic approach, ecology of human welfare, enlightened self-interest argument) | | | 10 | concept of sustainability | | | 11 | ecocentric environmental philosophies | | | 12 | the principles of deep ecology approach of environmental philosophies, | | | 13 | the comparison of shallow and deep ecological approaches | | | 14 | ecological 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 | |
Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | |
Final Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | Work Placement(s) | None |
| Workload Calculation | |
Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | Attending Lectures | 9 | 2 | 18 | Discussion | 14 | 1 | 14 | Question-Answer | 14 | 1 | 14 | Criticising Paper | 2 | 2 | 4 | Self Study | 8 | 2 | 16 | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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