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| SOS2018 | Political Philosophy | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ferhat ONUR | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to try to explain why politics is necessary, through the problems of state legitimation and the nature of government. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Understands the importance of social contract theory. | | | | LO - 2 : | Understands that the state is an organ that requires legitimacy. | | | | LO - 3 : | Expresses an opinion on how the state should be governed. | | | | LO - 4 : | Knows the debates over the distribution of property. | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The state of nature and the legitimization of the state, how and by whom the state should be governed, the place of freedom and the distribution of property will be discussed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | State of Nature | | | Week 3 | Anarchism | | | Week 4 | Social Contract Theory | | | Week 5 | Utilitarianism and the Principle of Fairness | | | Week 6 | Plato Against Democracy | | | Week 7 | Democracy and the General Will | | | Week 8 | Mill's Understanding of Freedom | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Problems with Liberalism | | | Week 11 | The Problem of Distributive Justice | | | Week 12 | Rawls's Theory of Justice | | | Week 13 | Rights of Women and Positive Discrimination | | | Week 14 | Justice and Race | | | Week 15 | Global Justice | | | Week 16 | Conclusion | | | |
| 1 | Wolff, Jonathan. 2021; Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, Lykeion Yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | 20.04.2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10.06.2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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