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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ILA 2481 DILEMMAS OF ETHICS IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HANIFI ÖZCAN

Offered to

Theology Theology

Course Objective

To clarify the reasons of why people in Turkey cannot reach the satisfactory level of morality in society and social relations; even though, they have been taught ethical education based on religion, since childhood.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be aware of differences between the ethical principles that have been taught, and the acts that people presents. 2   Will learn what kind of relation is there between morality and culture. 3   Will have some ideas about the sources of moral acts that people presents, such as religion, culture, benefits etc. 4   Will have an idea about whether current morality is or is not compatible with modernism and its principles. 5   Will have an idea about whether current moral life is or is not compatible with scientific results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The confliction between 'individual I' and 'social I' 2 The role of morality in converting 'I' to 'We' or 'You' 3 The assessments of institutions in terms of an ideal 4 The act of trying to generalise of particular moralities 5 Morality, as an art of living 6 The disconnection of morality from individual's world view. 7 The increase of state's role in education 8 Mid-term exam 9 Consubstantiality of worship and morality 10 Conflicts between effort and resignation 11 The stick between morality and policy 12 Bigotry: (paying over-attention on something and carelessness for others. 13 Tolerance: ( not punishing someone for thinking unless some crimes will occur from these thoughts.) 14 Non-verification of thoughts by acts

Recomended or Required Reading

Osman Pazarlı, Islam'da Ahlak Kant'ın Ahlak Felsefesi, Çev. B. Akarsu The books in Turkish, related to Ethics.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanifi.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 LO.2 LO.3 LO.4 LO.5