21HS3101 ETHICS AND VALUES syllabus

 

21HS3101 ETHICS AND VALUES

MODULE I Course Introduction - Need, Basic Guidelines, Content and Process for Value Education 

1. Understanding the need, basic guidelines, content and process for Value Education

2. Self-Exploration–what is it? - its content and process; ‘Natural Acceptance’ and Experiential Validation- as the mechanism for self-exploration

3. Continuous Happiness and Prosperity- A look at basic Human Aspirations

4. Right understanding, Relationship and Physical Facilities- the basic requirements for fulfillment

of aspirations of every human being with their correct priority

5. Understanding Happiness and Prosperity correctly- A critical appraisal of the current scenario

6. Method to fulfill the above human aspirations: understanding and living in harmony at various levels

Suggested Activities:

Include practice sessions to discuss natural acceptance in human being as the innate acceptance

for living with responsibility (living in relationship, harmony and co-existence) rather than as

arbitrariness in choice based on liking-disliking

 

MODULE II Understanding Harmony in the Human Being - Harmony in Myself

1. Understanding human being as a co-existence of the sentient ‘I’ and the material ‘Body’

2. Understanding the needs of Self (‘I’) and ‘Body’-Sukh and Suvidha (happiness and physical facility)

3. Understanding the Body as an instrument of ‘I’ (I being the doer, seer and enjoyer)

4. Understanding the characteristics and activities of ‘I’ and harmony in ‘I’

5. Understanding the harmony of I with the Body: Sanyam(control) and Swasthya (Health);

correct appraisal of Physical needs, meaning of Prosperity in detail

6. Programs to ensure Sanyam and Swasthya

Suggested Activities:

Include practice sessions to discuss the role others have played in making material goods available to me. Identifying from one’s own life. Differentiate between prosperity and accumulation. Discuss programs for ensuring health vs dealing with disease

 

MODULE III Understanding Harmony in the Family and SocietyHarmony in Human-Human Relationship

1. Understanding harmony in the Family- the basic unit of human interaction

2. Understanding values in human-human relationship; meaning of Nyaya (justice) and program for its fulfillment to ensure Ubhay-tripti (mutual happiness)

3. Trust (Vishwas) and Respect (Samman) as the foundational values of relationship

4. Understanding the meaning of Vishwas; Difference between intention and competence

5. Understanding the meaning of Samman (respect), Difference between respect and differentiation; the other salient values in relationship

6. Understanding the harmony in the society (society being an extension of family): Samadhan, Samridhi, Abhay, Sah-astitva (Resolution, Prosperity, fearlessness, co-existence) as comprehensive Human Goals

Suggested Activities: Include practice sessions to reflect on relationships in family, hostel and institute as extended family, real life examples, teacher-student relationship, goal of education etc. Gratitude as a universal value in relationships. Discuss scenarios. Elicit examples from students’ lives. Pay a visit to the old age home / orphanage / physically & mentally challenged asylum and support them in catering their needs to ensure mutual happiness

 

MODULE IV Understanding Harmony in the Nature and Existence – Whole existence as Coexistence

1. Understanding the harmony in the Nature

2. Interconnectedness and mutual fulfillment among the four orders of nature- recyclability and self-regulation in nature

3. Understanding Existence as Coexistence (Sah-astitva) of mutually interacting units in allpervasive space

4. Holistic perception of harmony at all levels of existence

Suggested Activities: Include practice sessions to discuss human beings as cause of imbalance in nature (film “Home” can be used), pollution, depletion of resources and role of technology etc. Submit a video documentary highlighting the ways of humans creating an imbalance in nature and ways to prevent it.

 

MODULE V Implications of the above Holistic Understanding of  Harmony on Professional Ethics

1. Natural acceptance of human values

2. Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct

3. Basis for Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution and Humanistic Universal Order

4. Competence in Professional Ethics:

a) Ability to utilize the professional competence for augmenting universal human order,

b) Ability to identify the scope and characteristics of people-friendly and eco-friendly

production systems, technologies and management models

5. Case studies of typical holistic technologies, management models and production systems

6. Strategy for transition from the present state to Universal Human Order

Suggested Activities: Include a presentation session on identifying human inventions that are non ecofriendly and brainstorming to come up with ecofriendly production systems or ecofriendly alternatives