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Ethics

Prof. Sreekumar Nellickapilly · IIT Madras

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Lectures

Module 1 : Introduction to Ethics

  1. ETHICS AND MORALS: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Video
  2. DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ETHICS Video
  3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: AGENT-CENTRIC MORAL THEORY OF THE EAST AND THE WEST Video
  4. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN MORAL THEORIES Video
  5. SOCRATIC FRAMEWORK IN MORLA PHILOSOPHY Video

Module 2

  1. Eudaimonism to Divine Command Video
  2. Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma Video
  3. Different Types of Ethical Theory Video
  4. Thomas Hobbes: Morality as Contract Video
  5. Contractarianism Video

Module 3

  1. CONTRACTARIANISM AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Video
  2. INTRODUCTION TO DEONTOLOGICAL APPROACHES Video
  3. KANTIAN DEONTOLOGISM Video
  4. EGOISM AND ITS ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS Video
  5. MOTIVATIONAL AND ETHICAL HEDONISM Video

Module 4

  1. Utilitarianism and its Moral Position Video
  2. The Individual And the Whole: The Ethics of Social Relations Video
  3. Critique of Moral Absolutism: Nietzsche and his Reevaluation of Morals Video
  4. Existentialism and Ethics Video
  5. Ethics in the Present Age Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Sreekumar Nellickapilly
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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