Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Ethics
Course Code: ÇS105
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

At the Environmental ethics course, it is aimed to get students consider the relationship between human, natural life and the earth in ethical terms and thus to raise an awareness to act responsibly when making decisions about the historical, cultural and natural values.

Course Content

What is the ethics? Kinds of ethics, and their interest areas. Environmental ethics and its importance for human and ecology. The development of the students’ value judgments against the environment by case studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Sevil ÖZCAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recall the concept of ethics,
2.To be able to identify the impact of ethical behaviour on environment
3.To be able to comprehend the relationship between the science-ethics-environment,
4.To be able to define the basic concepts of environmental ethics such as ethical importance the nature, ethical dimensions of sustainability and the environmental virtue.
5.To be able to develop the ability to take more accurate decisions related to environment, in accordance with human values and moral principles, and under the light of scientific data gathered through sample case studies.
6.To be able to transfer gained knowledge and experiences to other people around them.
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Joseph R. Des Jardins, Çevre Etiği ve Felsefesine Giriş, (Çev. Ruşen Keleş), Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2006
2.Selim Kılıç, Çevre Etiği (Ortaya Çıkışı, Gelişimi ve Sonuçları),Ankara: Orion Kitabevi, 2008
3.Hasan Ünder, Çevre Felsefesi Etik ve Metafizik Görüşler, Ankara: Doruk yayınları, 1996.
4.Ergun Gürpınar, Çevre Sorunları, İstanbul: Der Yayınları,1998.
5.Arzu Cansaran ve ark., Çevre Eğitimi, Ankara: Pegem Akademi, 2008.
6.Ömer Madra, Niçin daha Fazla Bekleyemeyiz: Küresel Isınma ve İklim Krizi, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is the environmental ethics?
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 2 - Theoretical
Science and Ethics
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ethical concept and environment
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ethics and Economy
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 5 - Theoretical
Our responsibilities towards the natural world.
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 6 - Theoretical
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS THEORIES: Live-centered ethics and the essential value of life.
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 7 - Theoretical
Wild natural lands, Ecology and Ethics.
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Wild natural lands, Ecology and Ethics.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Earth ethics.
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 10 - Theoretical
Deep ecology.
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 11 - Theoretical
Environmental justice and community ecology.
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 12 - Theoretical
Eco-feminism
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 13 - Theoretical
Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Sustainability
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Week 14 - Theoretical
Our responsibilities towards future generations.
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Projection apparatus, slate, supporter books
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment4118
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026