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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)

Lecture 19 - Non-cognitive or Non-descriptivist Theories: Intuitionism, Nihilism

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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.)