Ethical human conduct is based on universal human values, policies and character. It involves acting with values like respecting nature and humanity, having economic and social policies that enrich lives sustainably, and developing a kind and principled character.
Ethical human conduct is based on universal human values, policies and character. It involves acting with values like respecting nature and humanity, having economic and social policies that enrich lives sustainably, and developing a kind and principled character.
Ethical human conduct is based on universal human values, policies and character. It involves acting with values like respecting nature and humanity, having economic and social policies that enrich lives sustainably, and developing a kind and principled character.
Ethical human conduct is based on universal human values, policies and character. It involves acting with values like respecting nature and humanity, having economic and social policies that enrich lives sustainably, and developing a kind and principled character.
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• Analyze the importance of holistic technology
in the current scenario with different
examples Holistic Technology • The modern technologies and systems are human inventions in response to the needs of the prevailing worldview. • These tech are designed and optimized to the objective functions best suited to for this world view. • In order to facilitate the development of holistic technologies and systems, it will be necessary to visualize alternative objective functions and to formulate appropriate criteria for evaluation compatible with comprehensive human goal. • There are three broad criteria to guide the development of such technologies and systems, viz., • a) Catering to appropriate needs and lifestyles, • b) People-friendly, and • c) Eco-friendly. Eval Criteria for Technologies • The technology adopted must fulfil the fwg criterias
• Satisfy real human needs
• Compatible with nature • Low cost and energy efficient • Product must be recyclable • Safe and user-friendly and conducive to health • Effective utilization of human body, animals, plants and materials • Promoting the use of renewable energy resources • Enhancing human interaction and cooperation • Some of the tech based on holistic sys are • Solar energy devices • water shed mgmt • Bio mass base energy tech • Eco friendly agri • Eco sanitation technology • Green bldg mtrl and technique What do you mean by 'universal human order'? What is your vision of a universal human order? Write in your own words. OR What do you mean by universal human order? What are its implications?
• Universal human order (sarvabhauma vyavastha) is a feeling of
being related to every unit including human beings and other entities of nature. Having understood the comprehensive human goal, we are able to be in harmony not only with human beings, but also with the rest of the nature. We are able to see that we are related to every unit in nature and ensure mutual fulfilment in that relationship. • On the basis of understanding of harmony, we get the notion of an undivided society and universal human order. The universal human order will comprise of: • The five dimensions of human endeavour (education, health, Justice,prodn and exchange ). • The human beings need to move from family to world family in the following way, to achieve this harmony : • Family => family cluster => village / community => village cluster => => => world family What do you mean by professional ethics?
• Professional ethics refers to code of conduct,
moral, ideas and policies that any professional should follow. • It is the ethical obligation that ppl in profession have to follow, due to their professional status. • It is the activity and discipline aimed at understanding the moral values associated with any particular profession. • It is not a fixed text to be learnt once. One has to review it constantly with changing stds. How do the current world views lead to contradictions and dilemmas in professional life? - Explain. • The driving ethos in the current times emphasizes on profit maximization and wealth accumulation. • It is widespread tendency to consider these as parameters of happiness and prosperity. • This is resulting in hazardous consequences as increasingly technology, resources and related skills are becoming means to achieve easy money. • Ppl consider happiness in terms of maximization of sensory enjoyment therefore the motivation is that of wealth accumulation. • Easy accumulation of wealth can only come from unethical practices. This is though a misconception but ppl seem to be gaining from these methods such as corruption, tax evasion, hoarding , adulteration , twisting legal sys etc. • The present trend is to have a narrow world view and care for personal gains and forgetting the benefit and interest of the world family and nature. • Many illegitimate methods seem to be legitimate because of wide spread acceptance of them. • This is deteriorating professional ethics. What is ethical human conduct? Explain in terms of values, policies and character with appropriate examples.
• The right understanding gained through self-
exploration also enables us to identify the definitiveness of human conduct which may also be called the ethical human conduct. • It is the same for all human beings. So we are also able to understand the universality of ethical human conduct which is in consonance with the universal human values. • Unless we have the right understanding, we are not able to identify the definitiveness of ethical human conduct. It can be understood in terms of the following: What is ethical human conduct? Explain in terms of values, policies and character with appropriate examples.
1. Values (Mulya): - Values are part of our ethical
conduct. They are the outcome of realization and understanding which are always definite. • Vastu Mulya : Values of Human Being in the Interaction with the Rest of the Nature • Utility Value (Upyogita Mulya): • The participation of human being in ensuring the role of physical facility in nurture, protection and providing means for the body.
• Artistic value (kala mulya):
• The participation of a human being in ensuring the role of physical facility to help and preserve its utility. • Utility Value (Upyogita Mulya): • The participation of human being in ensuring the role of physical facility in nurture, protection and providing means for the body. • For example, the utility value of a pen is that it aids in writing. This provides a means to the body. • Providing a cap to the pen so that the ink does not spill, a proper design for holding of the pen while writing, etc. preserve the utility of the pen.
• Artistic value (kala mulya):
• The participation of a human being in ensuring the role of physical facility to help and preserve its utility.
• A shirt has the utility that it protects the body. This is its utility value. Designing the shirt so that it can be easily put on is the artistic value. What is ethical human conduct? Explain in terms of values, policies and character with appropriate examples.
2. Policy (Niti): • The decision (plan, program, implementation, results, evaluation) about the enrichment, protection and right utilization of the resources (self, body and wealth - mana, tana and dhana). • Have three parts: • A) Economic Value (Artha Niti): enrichment of self, body and wealth • B) Political Value (Rajya Niti): protection of self, body and wealth • C) Policy for Universal Human Order (Dharma Niti): Right utilization of self, body and wealth What is ethical human conduct? Explain in terms of values, policies and character with appropriate examples.
3. Character (Charitra): • The definiteness of my desire, thought and selection gives definiteness to my living. • A) Sva Nari, Sva Purush: Chastity in conjugal relationship • B) Sva Dhana: Rightful production, acquisition and utilization of wealth • C) Dayapurna Vyavahar and Dayapurna Karya: Kindness in behaviour (people friendly) and work (eco friendly).
