COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 6072 ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEVILAY ZEHRA AKSOY

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

Practitioners and scholars of international relations get engaged with ethical (normative) questions in one way or another while analyzing and/or tackling a number of issues concerning war, peace, conflict resolution, human rights, development, environment, etc. The aims of this course are twofold: to make students familiar with major schools of thought on ethics and to get them analyze oft-disputed international issues from the differing perspectives of these schools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be familiar with the most significant theoretical approaches to international ethics. (knowledge)
2   To be able to deploy or to refer to particular ethical arguments or debates while explaining and/or seeking solutions to international issues. (knowledge)
3   To be able to recognize the normative dimensions of different forms of social explanation as applied to world politics. (knowledge)
4   To be able to make power-point presentations in class-room. (professional)
5   To be able to engage in academic discussions with the rest of co-learners as well as the lecturer. (professional)
6   To be able to get access independently to the relevant sources, including IR and media material. (transferable)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Ethical traditions (Deontological, utilitarian, etc.)
3 Realism as an ethical approach
4 Liberalism as an ethical approach
5 Debating the just war: Jus ad Bellum I
6 Debating the just war: Jus ad Bellum II
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Debating the just war: Jus in Bello I
9 Debating the just war: Jus in Bello II
10 Jus post Bellum
11 Justice and the world economy I
12 Justice and the world economy II
13 Justice and the environmental issues
14 The ethics of global society
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Various books, book chapters, articles, and media material.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Individual/group presentations
2. Lecture
3. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Mid-term exam 20%
2. Book-review essay 20%
3. Final exam 40%
4. Power-point presentation 20%

Assessment Criteria

Learners:

1. Will explain main theoretical approaches to international ethics.
2. Will analyze various international issues from different ethical perspectives.
3. Will use IT knowledge to prepare power-point presentations.
4. Will be able to express views in a clear, precise and self-confident manner.
5. Will be able to make critical and reasoned argument.
6. Will use library and internet sources.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Learners are obliged to attend at least 70% of the classes and to comply with the faculty regulations concerning plagiarism.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: sevilayz.aksoy@deu.edu.tr
tel.no.: 0232-3018205

Office Hours

-

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 209

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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