CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES

SOC609

Course Code: SOC609
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Mustafa Gündüz

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the origin of the concept of morality, its meaning, relationship with other related concepts, the basic factors and forms of justification.
Describe and criticize the axis of moral behavior (moral values, relationships and action).
Learn to try to reconcile moral rules for the solution of today?s problems through moral examples.
Will be able to focus on social ethics, moral education and secular ethics and discuss the characteristics of moral sociology.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims to present a comprehensive sociological analysis of contemporary moral issues. The concepts of ethics and the in-depth examination of sociological theories constitute the main content of the course. Within the scope of the course, it is aimed to determine the contemporary moral issues in the world, to discuss the moral contexts and to determine how to use sociological theories in researches about moral problems

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The Origin of the Concept of Morality, Its Meaning, Concepts of Morality and Ethics, Morals and Values, Morals and Norms, Basic Factors of Morality, Moral Grounding Forms
2^nd Week	Moral Behavior Axis: Moral Values, Moral Relations and Moral Action
3^rd Week	The Moral Person's Relationship with Himself
4^th Week	Moral Types: Moral Types by Area of Responsibility, Morals According to Contents, Moral Types as World View, Moral Types According to Moral Perspectives, Moral Types Related to Personal Emotions and Moral Types Related to the Problem of Freedom of Will
5^th Week	Examples of Lived Morals: Moral Heroes and Prophets
6^th Week	Attempts to Reconcile Moral Rules in Today's World
7^th Week	Midterm
8^th Week	Human Life and Morals
9^th Week	Morality as a Social Phenomenon: Homeland, Nation, State, Democracy, Justice, Friendship and War
10^th Week	Moral Education
11^th Week	Secular Ethics
12^th Week	Secular Ethics
13^th Week	Possibility of Moral Sociology
14^th Week	Possibility of Moral Sociology

Recommended or Required Reading

ADANIR, Oğuz: Çevirmenin Önsözü, Ahlak Eğitimi (Yazar: Emile DURKHEIM, Çev.: Oğuz ADANIR), Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, İz-mir, 2004.
ARISTOTELES: Nikomakhos'a Etik (Çev.: Saffet BABÜR), Ayraç Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998.
ARISTOTELES: Eudemos'a Etik (Çev.: Saffet BABÜR), Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 1999.
ASHBY, Warren: A Comprehensive History of Western Ethics, Pro-metheus Books, New York, 1997.
BADIOU, Alain: Etik-Kötülük Kavrayışı Üzerine Bir Deneme (Çev.: Tuncay BİRKAN), Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.
BAUMAN, Zygmunt: Postmodern Etik (Çev.: Alev TÜRKER), Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998.
BERGSON, Henri: Ahlakın ve Dinin İki Kaynağı (Çev.: M. Mukad-der YAKUPOĞLU), Doğu Batı Yayınları, Ankara, 2004.
CEVİZCİ, Ahmet: Etiğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.
DESCARTES, Rene: Ahlak Üzerine Mektuplar (Çev. Mehmet KARASAN), Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1989.
DURKHEIM, Emile: Ahlak Eğitimi (Çev.:Oğuz ADANIR), Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, İzmir, 2004.
FEYZİOĞLU, Turhan: ?Türk İnkılabının Temel Taşı Laiklik?, Atatürk Yolu, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara, 1987, s. 171-226.
GIDDENS, Anhony: Elimizden Kaçıp Giden Dünya, (Çev.: Osman AKINHAY), Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
GÜNDÜZ, Mustafa: Ahlak Sosyolojisi, Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2005.
GÖKALP, Ziya: Türk Ahlakı (Sadeleştiren: Yalçın TOKER), Toker Yayınları, İstanbul, 1992.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	15	210
Preparation for Final exam	1	12	12
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	3	12	36
Total Work Load			315
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.5
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1		X	X	X
K2
K3	X		X
K4	X	X	X
K5		X		X
K6	X		X
K7	X	X	X
K8
K9			X
K10	X	X	X