In the course “Ethics: Theories and Applications” the learner would primarily become acquainted with several key ethical theories in the form of a detailed historical sketch which will be accompanied by an exploration of how one can apply these ethical theories to see, to understand and to resolve the ethical dilemmas we face in our day to day lives.
 

Course layout

Books and references

1) Blackburn, Simon. Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
2) Chadwick, Ruth, Dan Callahan & Peter Singer (eds.). Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, 4 Vol. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. (Topics: Bioethics, Ethics of Care, Discourse Ethics, Environmental Ethics, The Family, Global Ethics, Hinduism, Buddhism, Human Rights, Journalism Ethics, Objectivity in Reporting, Social Ethics, Everyday Ethics).

3) Singer, Peter (ed.). A companion to Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1993. (Chapter 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 24, 34)

4) Rachels, James & Stuart Rachels. The Elements of Moral Philosophy. 9th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.

5) Ranganathan, Shyam. Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2007.

6) Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. (Chapter 1 and 10).

Instructor bio

Prof. Nandini Sinha Kapur

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi

She is presently a Professor with the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Study, IGNOU. She has a Ph.d in History with specialization in Ancient History from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has class room teaching  experience for 20 years (17 years in Delhi University and 3 years in IGNOU).She has authored three books. Awarded  UGC JRF and SRF, Homi Bhaba Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Charles Wallace India Trust Research Fellowship, Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge, UK and Shastri Ino-Canadian FACULTY Mobility Programme Fellowship among others. She has delivered invited lectures in SOAS, London University, Harvard, University of Washington and Columbia  University in USA  and British Columbia and Alberta Universities in Canada. She is the former Director of the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdiciplinary Study, IGNOU and  Member of the Academic Council, IGNOU.

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