2010July21 Ethics, Values and Good Habits - Vivekananda Centre of Human Excellence, Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of AP, Hyderabad

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Ethics, Values and Good Habits
Special Ed. for MCR-HRD Institute
PROF. V. VISWANADHAM
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Ethics
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Ethics
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Ethics A definition

• Relating to what is good or bad,
• having to do with moral duty and obligation.
• Moral is defined as relating to
• principles of right and wrong
• Ethics is not about
• being better than someone else
• its about being
• the best we can be.

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Some more definitions

• Ethics A branch of philosophy concerned with
  ways of thinking philosophically about morality,
  and moral judgment.
• Morality Human conduct and character referring
  to those acts which it makes sense to describe
  as right or wrong, good or bad.
• Moral Judgment Judgments based on
  considerations of how other people are to be
  treated, and how others interests are to weigh
  against their own.

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Nothing is more practical than finding God, that
is, falling in love in a quite absolute, final
way. What you are in love with, what seizes your
imagination, will affect everything.It will
decide what gets you out of bed in the morning,
what you will do with your evenings, how you will
spend your weekends, what you read, who you know,
what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with
joy and gratitude.Fall in love, stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
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Why Not Be a Bad Person?
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What does ethics mean?

• Two common meanings of ethics
• How people actually live
• (descriptive ethics)
• 2) Reflection, discourse, and study concerning
  how people ought to live
• (normative ethics)

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Morality and Ethics

• Morality our lived experience of human
  freedom
• -- trying to use our freedom to live well or of
  discovering what is worth living for and trying
  to live accordingly)
• Ethics critical reflection on morality
• --stepping back to examine, analyze, and organize
  it in order to enhance morality (more abstract)
• It looks for consistency, logic, order,
  coherence, conflicts, etc.

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What are the perennial questions of ethics?

• What should we do
• with our freedom?

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Related Questions

• What is
• a good life?
• worth living for?
• human flourishing?
• the best way to achieve these goals?
• At the root of such questions lie three moral
  conceptions
• Good -- character and lives
• Good valuable, precious, desirable, meaningful,
  fulfilling, promoting flourishing
• Right -- actions
• Just -- communities

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VALUES
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VALUES ?
WHY VALUES ?
WHAT IS LIFE ?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE ?
WHY VALUES ARE NEEDED FOR LIFE ?
WHAT ARE HUMAN VALUES ?
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ARE VALUES DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT FIELDS
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Why there is general indifference towards
VALUES?
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ARE THESE VALUES ETERNAL ? OR, ARE
THEY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, WITH
CHANGING TIMES ? . . . . as in the case of
fashions ?
ARE THESE VALUES UNIVERSAL ? UNIFORMLY
APPLICABLE TO ALL IRRESPECTIVE
OF RELIGION, CASTE, CREED, AGE, GENDER, AND SO
ON ?
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THE INEQUALITY, THE INEFFICIENCY, THE
INDIFFERENCE, THE INEFFECTIVENESS . . . THE
GROWING POVERTY, THE EXPLODING CORRUPTION, CHEATIN
G, CRIME, VIOLENCE, VULGARITY, EVER-INCREASING
POLLUTION, NOT JUST IN ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN
THOUGHT, WORD AND ACTION, DECREASING
STANDARDS, DECLINING VALUES, WEAKNENING FAMILY
TIES, GET-QUICK-RICH BY ANY MEANS ATTITUDE . . .

HAS LACK OF CONCERN FOR VALUES ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THESE STATE OF AFFAIRS ?
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VALUES ARE NEEDED FOR PEACE, HEALTH, PROSPERITY
HAPPINESS for you and also for everyone else
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VALUES
VARIETY
VICES VULGARITY VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY
VACUUM
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POSITIVE LEAD US TOWARDS FREEDOM,
PEACE, PROGRESS, JOY, EQUALITY,
VALUES
WARM, SHINING UPLIFTING
NEGATIVE LEAD US TOWARDS BONDAGE,
CONFLICT, SORROW, FRUSTATION, VICES, VACUUM, etc.
DISCRIMINATING, EXPLOITING
DEGRADING
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IN GODS CREATION, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE
ARE 84 LAKHS OF SPECIES WITH HUMAN LIFE
TOPPING THE LIST.
THE HUMAN BEING IS BLESSED WITH A MIND THE
THINKING FACULTY, VIVEKA THE FACULTY OF
DISCRIMINATION.
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EVERYBODY TODAY SEEMS TO BE IN SUCH A
TERRIBLE RUSH, ANXIOUS FOR GREATER DEVELOPMENTS
AND GREATER RICHES AND SO ON, PARENTS HAVE
VERY LITTLE TIME FOR EACH OTHER PARENTS
HAVE NOT MUCH TIME FOR THEIR CHILDREN - AND
IN THE HOME BEGINS THE DISRUPTION OF PEACE OF
THE WORLD MOTHER THERESA
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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO LIVE
RIGHTLY, THINK RIGHTLY AND ACT RIGHTLY
MAHATMA GANDHI
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A LONG WAY TO GO TO PRACTICE THE VALUES WE ALL
KNOW ARE HAPPY AND EAGER TO PREACH
THE POINT IS. . . HOW SINCERELY WE FOLLOW THE
VALUES WE KNOW
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INDIA
IS AMONGST THE MOST CORRUPT NATIONS
ARE YOU PROUD ?
?????
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A TRAGEDY MUST NOT BREAK US BUT ONLY
STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER
A P J ABDUL KALAM
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ARE HUMAN VALUES NECESSARY FOR A HAPPY LIFE ?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE ?
WHAT IS LIFE ?
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PEOPLE ARE NOT HESITATING . . .
TO TELL LIES TO CHEAT TO DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY TO
THINK OF UNFAIR THINGS TO COMMIT A CRIME TO
COMMIT SINS TO REMAIN A SILENT SPECTATOR TO BE
EVEN A PARTNER IN THE CRIME
DO YOU NEED VALUES OR NOT ?
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WE ALWAYS WANT ALL OTHERS TO FOLLOW VALUES, TO BE
FAIR AND JUST, BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN SELF FOLLWOING VALUES .
. .
ARE WE FOLLOWING UNHESITATINGLY THE VALUES WE
PREACH ?
Why don't we walk our talk ? WHY THESE DOUBLE
STANDARDS ?
IS THERE A SOLUTION ? AT LEAST, AN EXPLANATION ?
IS THIS NOT PURE SELFISHNESS ?
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FOR MORE AND MORE OF . . .
DESIRE
GOOD THINGS ?
OR
BAD THINGS ?
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HAS CHARACTER ANYTHING TO DO WITH VALUES ?
C R
RESPONSES RESPONSIBILITIES RELATIONSHIPS
P
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HAS QUALITY ANYTHING TO DO WITH VALUES ?
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WITH OR WITHOUT
POLITICS PRINCIPLES SCIENCE HUMANITY COMMERCE
MORALITY WEALTH WORK WORSHIP COMPASSION P
LEASURE CONSCIENCE EDUCATION CHARACTER
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PURUSHARTHAS ASHRAMAS
DHARMA ARTHA KAMA MOKSHA
BRAHMACHARYA GRUHASTHA VANAPRASTHA SANYASA
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RIGHT / WRONG ?
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WHAT IS
GOOD / BAD ?
JUST / UNJUST ?
S I N
TRUTH / UNTRUTH ?
DHARMA / ADHARMA ?
LOVE / HATE ?
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WHAT IS THE REWARD FOR DEVELOPING
AND PRACTICING VALUES ?
HEAVEN AND HELL
IS FAITH IN GOD NECCESSARY FOR PRACTICING VALUES ?
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THINKING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED ?
IS IT SELFISH ?
WHAT DOES YOUR CONSCIENCE SAY ?
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DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WANT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU
IS NOT THIS VERY FAIR ?
CAN YOU IMPROVE UPON THIS ?
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C O N T R O L
DESIRES SELFISHNESS DOUBLE STANDARDS WEAKNESSES
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WHETHER WHAT WE ARE THINKING, SAYING, DOING
ACHIEVING WILL MAKE
WILL MAKE OUR GOD FEEL PROUD OF US ?
OUR MOTHER, FATHER TEACHER
FEEL PROUD OF US ?
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VALUES HAVE THEIR ROOT IN LOVE
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LOVE FOR GOD FEAR OF SIN SOCIAL MORALITY
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LOVE THE MOST BASIC HUMAN VALUE
IN UNDERSTANDING
WITH LOVE IN YOUR HEART
IN SPEECH
TRUTH
IN ACTION
RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THOUGHT
PEACE
IN UNDERSTANDING
NON- VIOLENCE
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START THE DAY WITH L O V E SPEND THE DAY WITH L
O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY
WITH L O V E THAT IS THE WAY TO FIND

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THAT IS THE WAY TO BECOME HAPPIER
DO YOU FEEL THAT EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT VALUES IN OUR LIVES ?
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" BE GOOD AND DO GOOD "
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
GET INSPIRED
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• CHARACTER
• INTEGRITY
• OBJECTIVITY
• PURSUIT OF TRUTH
• CONCENTRATION
• PURITY OF TWA
• TRUTHFULNESS
• PATIENCE
• SELF-MASTERY

HUMAN VALUES
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• COMMITMENT
• PUNCTUALITY
• EQUALITY
• ORDERLINESS
• SIMPLICITY
• HONESTY
• HUMILITY
• ABSENCE OF ANGER
• CLEANLINESS Etc.,

HUMAN VALUES
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GOOD
HABITS
PROF. V. VISWANADHAM
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GOOD
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HABITS
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WHY WE DO, WHAT WE DO THE WAY WE DO IT ?
Creates and develops FORCE OF HABIT
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EASY TO ACQUIRE
HABITS
DIFFICULT TO STOP
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HABITS REVEAL / REFLECT OUR CHARACTER OUR
PERSONALITY
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HABITS HAVE THE POWER TO ATTRACT / REPEL
PEOPLE
THINGS
CIRCUMSTANCES
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ABILITIES By Birth or Acquired Combined
with adequate PRACTICE Develop YOUR SKILLS
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IF for some reason PRACTICE IS POOR the standard
of YOUR SKILLS will also be POOR
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GOOD HABITS, are very essential for SUCCESS in
LIFE.
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Foundation of GOOD HABITS forms the basis for
developing competence strengthening of
positive attitudes that together contribute to
SUCCESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
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NEVER NEVER NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER
OF GOOD HABITS
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GOOD WORK HABITS
GOOD LIFE HABITS
GOOD HABITS
GOOD HABITS
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W. A. T. C. H.
W WORDS
A ACTIONS
T THOUGHTS
C CHARACTER
H HEAD HEART
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WE ARE OUR THOUGHTS
OUR THOUGHTS MAKE OUR LIFE

• Thoughts

Words
Actions
Habits
Character
L I F E
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DEVELOP PRACTICE
GOOD HABITS GOOD VALUES
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GOOD HABITS LEAD TO GOOD LIFE
THANK YOU
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