ETHICS
Introduction to the Course
Commitments of a Professional
to reason
to the
moral
point of view
Important Values
to be Followed by Professionals
Integrity
Responsibility
Respect for
persons
Honesty
Justice
compassion
Theoretical Foundation
Kinds of Ethical Thinking: Descriptive,
Normative and Meta-ethics. Ethical
Theories: hedonism, egoism, Altruism,
Deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue
ethics.
Indian Perspective: Non-violence, concept
of detached action
Ethics: Logical
examination, critique
and study of morality
(Rollin)
Ethics Scandals
&
Corruption Crisis
The Context that makes Professional
Ethics Relevant
My
chair
Oh
God!
Nature of Advice
No. of cases
Prosecution advised
118
Prosecution sanctioned
152
1619
692
738
788
253
895
Exoneration/Closure
1977
10
449
11
126
12
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Unethical Practices in
Other Institutions
The Catholic Church.
The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra
Saraswathi as the prime accused in a brutal
contract killing of Sankara Raman.
Corruption and unethical practices
are common in all professions;
medicine, engineering, law, academics,
politics, corporations etc.
Evaluation
One Quiz 30 marks
One End Sem Examination (70
marks)
Questions
Classroom presentations and
discussions
Materials you can download from
the net
Materials will be made available in
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/courses
Attendance
100% is compulsory
Late coming is strictly not allowed.
Classes will start at 2 PM.