Describe and explain the fundamental concepts of ethics.
Describe and explain the ethical theories.
Explain and give example on the place of ethical theories in daily and professional.
Explain theories of moral development, and sort their stages.
Describe and explain concept of bioethics.
Describe and explain application areas of bioethics.
Explain and discuss ethical issues on genetics, and give examples related ethical issues.
Explain the fundamentals of environmental ethics, and discuss and give examples related ethical issues.
Describe and explain the fundamental concepts of research ethics.
Describe, explain, and distinguish ethical issues on each steps of scientific researches.
Describe the prevention methods of ethical issues on each steps of scientific researches.
Describe, explain, and distinguish ethical violences on scientific researches.
Describe and explain ethical issues on animal researches.
Explain the prevention methods of ethical issues on animal researches.
Describe, notice and distinguish the ethical violations in scientific publications.
Explain the development of science in history.
Explain the importance of international ethical declarations.
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
Prerequisites
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Description
It is a course in which ethics, which is a sub-branch of philosophy, is defined and general ethical theories are explained to students. The importance of the field of research and publication ethics, which specifies the ethical principles that researchers (students) should follow while conducting scientific research, is emphasised. One of the main objectives of the course is to identify, explain, discuss and solve ethical problems arising in applied ethics fields such as bioethics, medical ethics, genetics and environmental ethics. In addition, the development of science in history is also a subject of the course.
Course Contents
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
General introduction and expectations
2nd Week
Introduction to ethics and basic concepts
3rd Week
Basic ethical approaches
4th Week
Basic ethical principles (Principalism)
5th Week
Moral development of human
6th Week
Concepts of health and rights - international declarations
7th Week
Film screening and discussion
8th Week
Justice and distribution of limited resources
9th Week
Environmental ethics
10th Week
Research and publication ethics
11th Week
History of science and ethics: student presentations
12th Week
History of science and ethics: student presentations
13th Week
History of science and ethics: student presentations
14th Week
History of science and ethics: student presentations
Recommended or Required Reading
Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 4th ed, New York: Oxford Uni. Press, 1994.
Dougherty, Edward R. The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge: From Certainty To Uncertainty. Bellingham, Washington, 2016.
Edited by John Bryant, Linda Baggott la Velle and John Searle, Bioethics for Scientists. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2002.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Case Study
Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity
Percentage (%)
Mid-term
1
25
Presentation of Case Study
1
25
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
