Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Ethics
Course Code: TBB108
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to evaluate the relationship between people and the nature in terms of environmental ethics. Besides, students will learn about the relationship with other areas of ethics and can make intellectual comments.

Course Content

Generally, in environmental ethics, the moral relationship between humans and the natural environment is analyzed in a systematic way. Environmental ethics is based on the harmony that can exist in all living forms of life that make up the ecosystem. In this course, it will be discussed that the relationship between man and nature be evaluated in terms of environmental ethics and its relationship with other areas of ethics.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Selçuk GÖÇMEZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To understand the ethical
2.Environmental ethics and comprehend the concept of the development process
3.Development of environmental awareness
4.Evaluate the events which are around with a philosophical perspective
5.Understanding the ethical dimensions of environmental pollution
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Sessiz Bahar (İngilizce Silent Spring), 1962'de Rachel Carson
2.A Sand Country Almanac, aldo Leopold
3.Erdem, Ü., Doğan, F., Erdem Ü., Henden, E., Onoğur, E., Öztürk, M., Türkan, İ., Nurlu, E., Sunlu, U. (2000): Çevre Bilimi-Sürdürülebilir Dünya. Çeviri Kitabı, Ege Üniversitesi Çevre Sorunları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayın No:1, 1. Baskı, 1-508, Bornova, İzmir. Ahmet CEVİZCİ, Uygulamalı Etik, Say yayınları, İstanbul, 2013.
4.Çevre Etiği, Ortaya çıkışı, Gelişimi ve Sonuçları, Selim KILIÇ, Orion Yayınları
5.Josephs. D. Res Jardins, Çevre Etiği-Çevre Felsefesine Giriş, Çev: Ruşen Keleş, İmge Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2006
6.Contemporary Debates in Appiled Ethics, Edt. Andrew I. Cohen& Christopher Heath Wellman,Blackwell Publ., USA, 2005.
7.Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefeye Giriş, Say yay., İstanbul, 2012.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Generally Ethics and Morality Relations
Week 2 - Theoretical
Historical Development of Environmental Ethics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Environmental Movements and Development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Aldo Leopard and Soil Ethics
Week 5 - Theoretical
Giffrod Pinchotv Natural Resources Protectionism Concept
Week 6 - Theoretical
Chipko Movement and Results
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sustainable Worldview
Week 8 - Theoretical
Environmental Law and the Aarhus Convention and Turkey's Place
Week 9 - Theoretical
Becoming a World Citizen
Week 10 - Theoretical
Deep Ecology Movement
Week 11 - Theoretical
Disposable Opinion and Environmental Ethics Relations
Week 12 - Theoretical
To be becoming Citizens in the Ecological Movement of Environmentalists
Week 13 - Theoretical
Understanding the concept of zero waste
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Presentation1%10
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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