B.A Philosophy

Course Content

Semester I
MORAL PHILOSOPHY I
Unit I 15 lectures
(a)Nature of Ethics and Applied Ethics
(b)Development of Morality

Unit II
Theories of Moral Standard (Aristotle, Kant, Utilitarianism – Mill and Bentham)

Unit III
Gita Ethics, Charvaka Ethics, Gandhian Ethics.

Unit IV
Euthanasia, Suicide and Abortion

Semester II
Unit I
Man and Environment

Unit VI
Experimentation with Human beings and Animals.

Unit VII
Professional Ethics

Topic VIII
Ethical Justification of Punishment
(Retributive, Deterrent and Reformative Theories), Capital Punishment.