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Ethics

Ethics. Instructor: Prof. Vineet Sahu, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. Ethics or moral thinking is an important part of our lives. 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)

Introduction to Ethics


Introduction to Ethical Theories
Lecture 01 - Introduction to Ethics - Crtio A Socratic Dialogue
Lecture 02 - Introduction to Ethics - An Assessment of Ethical Relativism
Lecture 03 - Consequentialism: Introduction
Lecture 04 - Consequentialism: Rule and Act
Lecture 05 - Hedonism
Lecture 06 - Utilitarianism
Lecture 07 - Deontological Theories: Introduction
Lecture 08 - Deontological Theories: Immanuel Kant
Lecture 09 - Ethical Rules (with Reference to W D Ross)
Lecture 10 - Situation Ethics
Lecture 11 - Virtue Ethics
Metaethical Theories
Lecture 12 - Metaethical Theories
Lecture 13 - Ethical Relativism: A Discussion on Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Lecture 14 - Ethical Naturalism
Lecture 15 - Ethical Naturalism (cont.)
Lecture 16 - Ethical Naturalism: Emotivism
Lecture 17 - Ethical Non-Naturalism
Lecture 17b - Ethical Non-Naturalism (cont.)
Lecture 18 - Non-cognitive or Non-descriptivist Theories (Intuitionism)
Lecture 19 - Non-cognitive or Non-descriptivist Theories: Intuitionism, Nihilism
Lecture 20 - Why be Moral?
Ethics in the Indian Tradition
Lecture 21 - Ethics in the Indian Tradition
Lecture 22 - Theory of Karma
Lecture 23 - Theory of Karma (cont.)
Lecture 24 - Nishkama Karma
Lecture 25 - Nishkama Karma (cont.)
Lecture 26 - Gandhian Ethics
Lecture 27 - Gandhian Ethics (cont.)
Lecture 28 - Gandhian Ethics (cont.)
Lecture 29 - Purusharthas
Lecture 30 - Buddhist Ethics
Lecture 31 - Buddhist Ethics (cont.)
Some Ethical Issues (Applied Ethics)
Lecture 32 - Discussing Peter Singer's Famine Affluence and Morality
Lecture 33 - Discussing Peter Singer's Famine Affluence and Morality (cont.)
Lecture 34 - Discussing Thomas Pogge's Real World Justice
Lecture 35 - Discussing Thomas Pogge's Real World Justice (cont.)
Lecture 36 - Discussing Thomas Pogge's Real World Justice (cont.)
Lecture 37 - Sexuality: Ethical Perspectives
Lecture 38 - Sexuality: Ethical Perspectives (cont.)

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Ethics
Instructor: Prof. Vineet Sahu, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. This course aims to spark the student into sustained thinking about ethical issues and the theories on which they are based.