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Understanding Human Values

Syllabus

Unit Contents
I Course Introduction -
Need
Basic Guidelines
Content and Process for Value Education
Purpose and motivation for the course
Self-Exploration
Continuous Happiness and Prosperity
Right understanding relationship and physical facility
Understanding happiness and prosperity correctly
Method to fulfil the above human aspirations
II Understanding Harmony in the Human Being - Harmony in Myself!
Understanding human being as a co-existence of the sentient ‘I’ and the material ‘Body’
Understanding the needs of Self (‘I’) and ‘Body’
Understanding the Body as an instrument of ‘I’
Understanding the characteristics and activities of ‘I’ and harmony in ‘I’
Understanding the harmony of I with the Body
III Understanding Harmony in the Family and Society- Harmony in Human-Human Relationship
Understanding values in human-human relationship
Understanding the meaning of Trust
Understanding the meaning of Respect
Understanding the harmony in the society
Visualizing a universal harmonious order in society
IV Understanding Harmony in the Nature and Existence - Whole existence as Coexistence
Understanding the harmony in the Nature
Interconnectedness and mutual fulfilment among the four orders of nature
Understanding Existence as Co-existence
Holistic perception of harmony
V Implications of the above Holistic Understanding of Harmony on Professional Ethics
Natural acceptance of human values
Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct
Basis for Humanistic Education
Humanistic Constitution and Humanistic Universal Order
Competence in professional ethics
Strategy for transition from the present state to Universal Human Order:
a) At the level of individual
b) At the level of society

Short Notes

CAE 1 2024

  1. What do you mean by values? How do they differ from skills? How are values and skills complementary?
  2. Describe the process of discovering the self.
  3. What do you understand by prosperity? What is the difference between prosperity and wealth? How are the two related?
  4. Elaborate on the basic guidelines for value education.
  5. What differentiates between animals and human beings? Explain with suitable examples.
  6. Physical facilities are necessary but not complete for human beings. Do you agree with this statement? Support your answer with reasons and examples.
  7. Explain the term:
    • Harmony in self
    • Natural acceptance
  8. Explain how the need of the body is quantitative in nature while that of self is qualitative in nature.

CAE 2 2024

  1. Define trust. Illustrate the feeling of trust with an example.
  2. What is the name of respect for a human being?
  3. What is intention and competence? How do they affect human relationships?
  4. What do you mean by understanding the harmony in society?
  5. What are the goals of human beings living in the society?
  6. State and explain systems required to achieve human goals.
  7. Explain the scope of the systems to achieve harmony in society.
  8. Explain society, crowd, and battlefield with reference to harmony in society.

CAE 3 2024

  1. What are the four orders in nature? Briefly explain them.
  2. Explain the concept of holistic perception of harmony in existence.
  3. What is the Svabhava (natural characteristic) of a unit? Elaborate on the Svabhava of a human order.
  4. Explain about Natural acceptance of human values.
  5. What is the meaning of justice in human relationships? How does it follow from family to world family?
  6. Write a note on: a) Humanistic Education b) Humanistic Constitution.
  7. Visualize a framework for humanistic education for children. Suggest a few ways to modify present-day school education. b) How can we say that 'nature is Self-Organized and in space Self-Organization is available.'

End Sem 2024

End Sem 2023

  1. Illustrate the need for value education in today's scenario.
  2. Explain various types of issues at the level of self, family, society, and nature.
  3. Physical facilities are necessary but not complete for human beings. Do you agree with this statement? Illustrate your answer with reasons and examples.
  4. Explain the terms: i) Harmony in self ii) Natural Acceptance
  5. Illustrate the nine feelings in human relationships.
  6. Explain the goals of human beings living in society.
  7. Discrimination leads to acrimony in a relationship. Illustrate what problems are created when we discriminate.
  8. Explain the following:
  9. Natural acceptance of human values
  10. Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct
  11. Identify four orders in nature and briefly explain them.
  12. Explain the activities in the four orders of nature.
  13. Illustrate how harmony at different levels in nature is achieved.
  14. Explain the scope of the system to achieve harmony in society.