Ethics. Instructor: Prof. Vineet Sahu, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. Ethics or moral thinking is an important part of our lives
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This course includes
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1083 years, 2 months
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39
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We all do moral thinking. This course aims to spark the student into sustained thinking about ethical issues and the theories on which they are based. This course deals with topics: Introduction to ethical theories such as consequentialism, hedonism and utilitarianism; Meta-ethical theories including ethical naturalism, non-naturalism, and intuitionism; Ethics in the Indian tradition such as theory of Karma, Gandhian ethics, and Buddhist ethics; and some ethical issues including liberty, equality, and justice. (from nptel.ac.in)
Course Currilcum
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- Lecture 01 – Introduction to Ethics – Crtio A Socratic Dialogue Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Introduction to Ethics – An Assessment of Ethical Relativism Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Consequentialism: Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Consequentialism: Rule and Act Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Hedonism Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Utilitarianism Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Deontological Theories: Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Deontological Theories: Immanuel Kant Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Ethical Rules (with Reference to W D Ross) Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Situation Ethics Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Virtue Ethics Unlimited
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- Lecture 12 – Metaethical Theories Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Ethical Relativism: A Discussion on Universal Declaration of Human Rights Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Ethical Naturalism Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Ethical Naturalism (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Ethical Naturalism: Emotivism Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Ethical Non-Naturalism Unlimited
- Lecture 17b – Ethical Non-Naturalism (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Non-cognitive or Non-descriptivist Theories (Intuitionism) Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Non-cognitive or Non-descriptivist Theories: Intuitionism, Nihilism Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Why be Moral? Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Ethics in the Indian Tradition Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Theory of Karma Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Theory of Karma (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Nishkama Karma Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – Nishkama Karma (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – Gandhian Ethics Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – Gandhian Ethics (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – Gandhian Ethics (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 29 – Purusharthas Unlimited
- Lecture 30 – Buddhist Ethics Unlimited
- Lecture 31 – Buddhist Ethics (cont.) Unlimited
