Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
(Courses effective from Academic Year 2015-16)

SYLLABUS OF COURSES TO BE OFFERED

Core Courses, Elective Courses & Ability Enhancement Courses

Disclaimer: The CBCS syllabus is uploaded as given by the Faculty concerned to the Academic
Council. The same has been approved as it is by the Academic Council on 13.7.2015 and
Executive Council on 14.7.2015. Any query may kindly be addressed to the concerned Faculty.

Undergraduate Programme Secretariat

Preamble

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has initiated several measures to bring equity,
efficiency and excellence in the Higher Education System of country. The important
measures taken to enhance academic standards and quality in higher education include
innovation and improvements in curriculum, teaching-learning process, examination and
evaluation systems, besides governance and other matters.

The UGC has formulated various regulations and guidelines from time to time to improve
the higher education system and maintain minimum standards and quality across the
Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in India. The academic reforms recommended by
the UGC in the recent past have led to overall improvement in the higher education system.
However, due to lot of diversity in the system of higher education, there are multiple
approaches followed by universities towards examination, evaluation and grading system.
While the HEIs must have the flexibility and freedom in designing the examination and
evaluation methods that best fits the curriculum, syllabi and teaching–learning methods,
there is a need to devise a sensible system for awarding the grades based on the
performance of students. Presently the performance of the students is reported using the
conventional system of marks secured in the examinations or grades or both. The
conversion from marks to letter grades and the letter grades used vary widely across the
HEIs in the country. This creates difficulty for the academia and the employers to
understand and infer the performance of the students graduating from different
universities and colleges based on grades.

The grading system is considered to be better than the conventional marks system and
hence it has been followed in the top institutions in India and abroad. So it is desirable to
introduce uniform grading system. This will facilitate student mobility across institutions
within and across countries and also enable potential employers to assess the performance
of students. To bring in the desired uniformity, in grading system and method for
computing the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) based on the performance of
students in the examinations, the UGC has formulated these guidelines.
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS):
The CBCS provides an opportunity for the students to choose courses from the prescribed courses
comprising core, elective/minor or skill based courses. The courses can be evaluated following the
grading system, which is considered to be better than the conventional marks system. Therefore, it is
necessary to introduce uniform grading system in the entire higher education in India. This will benefit
the students to move across institutions within India to begin with and across countries. The uniform
grading system will also enable potential employers in assessing the performance of the candidates. In
order to bring uniformity in evaluation system and computation of the Cumulative Grade Point
Average (CGPA) based on student’s performance in examinations, the UGC has formulated the
guidelines to be followed.
Outline of Choice Based Credit System:

1. Core Course: A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement
is termed as a Core course.
2. Elective Course: Generally a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may
be very specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/ subject of study or which
provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/domain
or nurtures the candidate’s proficiency/skill is called an Elective Course.
2.1 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course: Elective courses may be offered by the main
discipline/subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective. The University/Institute
may also offer discipline related Elective courses of interdisciplinary nature (to be offered by
main discipline/subject of study).
2.2 Dissertation/Project: An elective course designed to acquire special/advanced knowledge,
such as supplement study/support study to a project work, and a candidate studies such a course
on his own with an advisory support by a teacher/faculty member is called dissertation/project.
2.3 Generic Elective (GE) Course: An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated
discipline/subject, with an intention to seek exposure is called a Generic Elective.
P.S.: A core course offered in a discipline/subject may be treated as an elective by other
discipline/subject and vice versa and such electives may also be referred to as Generic Elective.
3. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)/Competency Improvement Courses/Skill Development
Courses/Foundation Course: The Ability Enhancement (AE) Courses may be of two kinds: AE
Compulsory Course (AECC) and AE Elective Course (AEEC). “AECC” courses are the courses
based upon the content that leads to Knowledge enhancement. They ((i) Environmental Science, (ii)
English/MIL Communication) are mandatory for all disciplines. AEEC courses are value-based
and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing hands-on-training, competencies, skills, etc.
3.1 AE Compulsory Course (AECC): Environmental Science, English Communication/MIL
Communication.
3.2 AE Elective Course (AEEC): These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to
provide value-based and/or skill-based instruction.

Project work/Dissertation is considered as a special course involving application of knowledge in

solving / analyzing /exploring a real life situation / difficult problem. A Project/Dissertation work would
be of 6 credits. A Project/Dissertation work may be given in lieu of a discipline specific elective paper.
 Details of Courses Under Undergraduate Programme (B.A./ B.Com.)

Course *Credits
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Paper+ Practical Paper + Tutorial
I. Core Course 12X4= 48 12X5=60
(12 Papers)
Two papers – English
Two papers – MIL
Four papers – Discipline 1.
Four papers – Discipline 2.
Core Course Practical / Tutorial* 12X2=24 12X1=12
(12 Practicals)

II. Elective Course 6x4=24 6X5=30

(6 Papers)
Two papers- Discipline 1 specific
Two papers- Discipline 2 specific
Two papers- Inter disciplinary
Two papers from each discipline of choice
and two papers of interdisciplinary nature.
Elective Course Practical / Tutorials* 6 X 2=12 6X1=6
(6 Practical/ Tutorials*)
Two papers- Discipline 1 specific
Two papers- Discipline 2 specific
Two papers- Generic (Inter disciplinary)
Two papers from each discipline of choice
including papers of interdisciplinary nature.
 Optional Dissertation or project work in place of one elective paper (6 credits) in 6th
Semester

III. Ability Enhancement Courses

1. Ability Enhancement Compulsory 2 X 2=4 2 X 2=4
(2 Papers of 2 credits each)
Environmental Science
English Communication/MIL
2. Ability Enhancement Elective 4 X 2=8 4 X 2=8
(Skill Based)
(4 Papers of 2 credits each)
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Total credit= 120 Total = 120

Institute should evolve a system/policy about ECA/ General

Interest/Hobby/Sports/NCC/NSS/related courses on its own.

*wherever there is a practical there will be no tutorial and vice-versa.

 CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

B.A. (PROGRAMME) PHILOSOPHY

Ability Skill
Enhancement Enhancement Generic Elective GE
CORE COURSE (12) Discipline Specific Elective DSE (4)
Compulsory Course (SEC) (2)
Course (AECC) (2) (2)
English/MIL-1
I INDUCTIVE
LOGIC
DSC – 1 A
• LOGIC
DSC -2 A
•
MIL/English – 1
II FUNDAMENTAL
OF INDIAN
PHILOSOPHY
DSC 1 B
• ETHICS

DSC 2 B
•
English/MIL-1 ETHICAL TECNOLOGY
III DECISION AND ETHICS
MAKING
DSC 1 C
• INDIAN
PHILOSOPHY

DSC 2 C

MIL/English – 1 Yoga
IV Philosophy PHILOSOPHICAL
THOUGHT OF
AMBEDKAR
DSC 1 D
WESTERN
PHILOSOPHY

DSC 2 D
•
DSE 1 A, 2A, 1 B & 2 B
V 1. Philosophy of Religion
2. Applied Ethics
3. Social and Political philosophy
4. Feminism
5. Aesthetics
6. Buddhism
VI 7. Jainism
8. Vedic value system
9. Greek Philosophy

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
B.A. (PROGRAMME) CBCS COURSE

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE (DSC)

Semester I: DSC 1A/2A: LOGIC

Semester II: DSC 1B/2B: ETHICS
Semester III: DSC 1C/2C: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
Semester IV: DSC 1D/2D: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE COURSE (DSE)

SEMESTER V / VI
DSE PAPERS:
● AESTHETICS
● APPLIED ETHICS
● BUDDHISM
● JAINISM
● VEDIC VALUE SYSTEM
● SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
● PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
● GREEK PHILOSOPHY
● FEMINISM

GENERIC ELECTIVE COURSE (GE)

GE:
● INDUCTIVE LOGIC
● FUNDAMENTALS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
● TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS
● PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT OF AMBEDKAR

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY COURSE (2)

SECC:
• ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
• YOGA PHILOSOPHY

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B.A. (PROGRAMME) CORE PAPER

Semester I: DSC 1A / DSC 2A: LOGIC

UNIT I: Basic Logical Concepts

1. Proposition and Sentence

2. Deductive and Inductive arguments
3. Truth, Validity and Soundness

UNIT II: Traditional Logic

(A)
1. Terms and Distribution of Terms.
2. Categorical Propositions.
3. Traditional Square of Opposition and Existential Import.
4. Translating Ordinary Language Sentences into Standard Form.
5. Immediate Inference – Conversion, Obversion and Contraposition.
(B)
1. Categorical Syllogism: Figure and Mood
2. Syllogistic Rules and Fallacies
3. Venn-Diagram

UNIT III: Symbolization

1. Types of Truth Functions (Negation, Conjunction, Disjunction (Alternation), Conditional

(Material Implication), Bi-conditional (Material Equivalence).
2. Statements, Statement forms and Logical Status.
3. Decision Procedures: Truth Table Method and Reductio ad absurdum.

UNIT IV: Informal Fallacies

(As given in I. M. Copi, 14th ed.)

Prescribed Texts:

● Basson, A. H. and O’Connor, D. J. (1960) An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Free

Press.
● Copi, I. M. (2010) Introduction to Logic (14th ed) New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India

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Semester II: DSC 1 B / DSC 2 B: ETHICS

UNIT I

1. The Fundamental Questions of Ethics.

2. The Is - Ought Controversy
3. The Ethical Journey (From Convention to Reflection).

UNIT-II

1. Consequentialism: J.S. Mill (Utilitarianism).

2. Deontological Ethics: Immanuel Kant (Duty, Categorical Imperative and Good will).

UNIT- III
1. Virtue ethics: Aristotle (Well-being and Golden Mean).
2. Puruṣārthas

UNIT-IV
1. Niṣkāmakarma (Bhagvadgītā)
2. Non-violence (M.K. Gandhi)
3. Compassion and Forgiveness. (Buddhism)
Recommended Readings:

● Aristotle, (1926) Nichomachian Ethics, Harvard University Press.

● Hartmann, N. (1950) Moral Phenomena, New Macmillan.
● Kant, Immanuel: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Trans. H J Paton, as The
Moral Law. London.
● Mill, JS (1863): Utillitarianism, London, in Mary Warnock. Ed.1962
● Prasad, R. (1989): Karma, Causation and Retributive Morality, ICPR, New Delhi.
● Sharma, I.C., (1965) Ethical Philosophies of India, London: George Allen and Unwin
Ltd.
● Goodman, Charles. (2009), Consequences of Compassion: An Introduction and Defense
of Buddhist Ethics, New York: Oxford University Press.
● Gowans, Christopher W. (2015), Buddhist Moral Philosophy: An Introduction, New
York & London, Routledge.
● Śrīmadbhagvadgītā.
● The Selected Works of Mahatama Gandhi, (2006) V – Volumes, Ahmedabad: Navjivan.

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Semester III: DSC I C / DSC 2 C: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

UNIT I: Indian Philosophy: An Overview:

1. General Characteristics of Indian Philosophy

UNIT II: Theory of Knowledge (Nyāya–Vaiśeṣika): The Four Pramāṇas:

1. Perception (Pratyakṣa)
2. Inference (Anumāna)
3. Testimony (Śabda)
4. Comparison (Upamāna)

UNIT III: Theories of Causation:

1. Buddhism (Pratītyasumatpāda)
2. Nyāya– Vaiśeṣika (Asatkāryavāda)
3. Sāṃkhya (Satkāryavāda)

UNIT IV: Theories of Reality:

1. Buddhism
2. Nyāya–Vaiśeṣika
3. Śaṃkara
Recommended Readings:

● Chatterjee, S & Datta. D.M (1984) An Introduction to Indian Philosophy, 8th ed.,
University of Calcutta,
● Dasgupta, S.N (2004), A History of Indian Philosophy, vol.1, Delhi: MLBD Publishers.
● Datta, D.M., (1972) The Six Ways of Knowing, University of Calcutta.
● Hiriyanna, M. (1994) Outlines of Indian Philosophy, Delhi: MLBD Publishers.
(2015) The Essentials of Indian Philosophy, Delhi: MLBD Publishers.
● Mohanty, J.N. (1992) Reason and Tradition in Indian Thought, Oxford: Calrendon Press.
(2002) Essays on Indian Philosophy, (2nd ed) ed. by P. Bilimoria, UK:
Oxford University Press.
● Murthi, K. S. (1959) Revelation and Reason in Advaita Vedanta. Waltair: Andhra
University Press.
● Organ, T. W. (1964) The Self in Indian Philosophy. London: Mounton & Co.
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 ● Pandey, S. L. (1983) Pre-Samkara Advaita Philosophy, ( 2nd ed.) Allahabad: Darsan
Peeth.
● Radhakrishnan, S. (1929) Indian Philosophy, Volume 1. Muirhead Library of Philosophy
(2nd ed.) London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
● Radhakrishnan, S. and Moore, C. A. (1967) A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy,
Princeton.
● Raju, P.T. (1985) Structural Depths of Indian Thought, Albany, NY: State University of
New York Press.
● Sharma, C.D (2000), A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, Motilal Banarasidass,
Articles:

● Chatalian, G. (1983) Early Indian Buddhism and the Nature of Philosophy: A

Philosophical Investigation, Journal of Indian Philosophy, June 1983, Volume 11, Issue
2, pp 167-222
● Gokhale, P, P. (1991) The Logical Structure of Syādvāda, in The Journal of Indian
Council of Philosophical Research, Vol. 8, No.3.
● Koller, J. M. K. (1977), Skepticism in Early Indian Thought, Philosophy East and West,
27(2): 155-164
● Prevos, p. (2002) The Self in Indian Philosophy: Hindu, Buddhist and Carvaka views.
http://prevos.net/humanities/philosophy/self/

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Semester IV: DSC I D / 2 D: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

UNIT I

1. Plato: Knowledge and Opinion

2. Descartes: Cogito Ergo Sum, Mind body Dualism and its critique by Ryle.

UNIT II

1. Spinoza: Concepts of Substance

2. Leibnitz : Theory of Monads

UNIT III

1. Berkeley: Critique of Locke's theory of Material substance

2. Hume: Theory of Causation

UNIT-IV

1. Kant: Classification of Propositions, Possibility of synthetic a priori.

Recommended Readings:

● Berkeley, G. (1985), The Principles of Human Knowledge G.J. Warnock, (ed). Great
Britain: Fontana Press, Part-1, Sections 1-24.
● Descartes, R. (1647), Meditations Concerning First Philosophy, Meditation II, Harper
Torch Books.
● Locke, J. (1706) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, London,. CH. XXIII
● Moore, B. (2011) Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, New Delhi: TMH.
● O'Conor, D. J. (1964) A Critical History of Western Philosophy, New York: Macmillan.
● Plato: Republic (tr) Lee, penguin England Book VI, 502-501.
● Ryle, G. (1949) The Concept of Mind, Hutchinsion, Chapter-I.
● Stegmuller, W. (1969), Main Currents in Contemporary German, British and American
Philosophy, , Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing.
● Thomson, G. (1992) An Introduction to Modern Philosophy, California: Wadsworth
Publishing.
● Titus, S. and Nalan. (1994) Living Issues in Philosophy, London: OUP.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: AESTHETICS

UNIT I: Nature of Aesthetics

1. Problems and Questions
2. Definitions of art (Art as Significant Fort, Art as Intuition, Art as Communication, Art as
Expression)
3. Art and Society

UNIT II: Identity of a work of art

1. Art as product and art as process
2. Art and physical medium
3. Art and emotion; Susanne Langer on “art as symbol of human emotion”

UNIT III: Art and Aesthetic Experience

1. Immanuel Kant on “Disinterested Delight”
2. John Dewey on “art as experience”
3. Abhinavagupta on “Rasa”; Aesthetic perception and attitude
4. E. Bullough on “Psychical Distance”

UNIT IV Art, Religion, and Spirituality

1. Ananda Coomaraswamy
2. Sri Aurobindo
3. Rabindranath Tagore.
Recommended Books
● Aldrich, V.C, (1963) Philosophy of Art, Prentice Hall.
● Coleman F, X. J (1968) Contemporary Studies in Aesthetics, Mcgraw-Hill.
● Ghosh , R. K. (2006) Great Indian Thinkers on Art: Creativity, Aesthetic
Communication, and Freedom, Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan (Black and White).
● Gnoli,R. (1957)Aesthetic Experience according to Abhinavagupta, Artibus Asiae
Publishers.
● Hanfling, O. ed. (1992) Philosophical Aesthetics: An Introduction, Blackwell.
● Miller, R. M. ed. (1952) A Modern Book of Esthetics (Fifth Edition}, Holt, Renehart and
Winston.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: APPLIED ETHICS

UNIT I
1. An Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

UNIT II: Issues, Rights and Concerns

1. Issues of life and Death (Euthanasia and Suicide, Theories of Punishment)
2. Right to Dissent (Terrorism)
3. Concerns (Female Feticide, Surrogacy Clonning)

UNIT III: Environmental Ethics

1. Nature as Means or End.
2. Respect to animals and ecology

UNIT IV: Media Ethics- Print and Cyber Media

1. Media Ethics- Print and Cyber Media

Recommended Readings:

● Andrew, L. and Rolston, H. eds. (2007) Environmental Ethics: An Anthology. MA,

U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishing.
● Dower, N. (2007) World Ethics: The New Agenda. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press.
● Jecker, N. S., Jonsen, A. R., and Pearlman, R. A. eds. (2010)Bioethics: An Introduction
to the History, Method and Practice. New Delhi: Jones and Bartlett.
● Motilal, S. ed. (2010) Applied Ethics and Human Rights: Conceptual Analysis and
Contextual Applications. London: Anthem Press: London, 2010.
● Rachel, J. (2011) The Elements of Moral Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press:
● Singer, P. (1986) Applied Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
● Yogi, M. M. (2007) Euthanasia: Its Moral Implication, Delhi: Pratibha Prakashan.

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SEMESTER V / VI: DSE: BIOETHICS

UNIT I: Introduction to Bio-ethics
1. Understanding ethics and bioethics
2. Human dignity and human rights
3. Principles of benefit and harm
UNIT II: Autonomy, Consent and Privacy
1. Autonomy and individual responsibility
2. Consent
3. Persons without the capacity to consent
4. Respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity
5. Privacy and confidentiality
UNIT III: Justice, Diversity and Co-operation
1. Equality, justice and equity
2. Non-discrimination and non-stigmatization
3. Respect for cultural diversity and pluralism
4. Solidarity and cooperation

UNIT IV: Health, and Responsibility

1. Social responsibility and health
2. Sharing of benefits
3. Protecting future generations
4. Protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity
Recommended Readings:

● URL http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001636/163613e.pdf
● Barilan, Yechiel M. (2014) Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Responsibility - The New
Language of Global Bioethics and Biolaw, U.S.A.: MIT.
● Kuhse, H. and Singer, P. (2008) Bioethics: An Anthology, 2nd Ed. Blackwell.
● Singer, Peter A. and Viens, A. M. (2008) The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
● Vaughn, L. (2012) Bioethics: Principles, Issues and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University
Press.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: BUDDHISM

UNIT I:
1. Origin and Nature of Buddhism
2. Classification of Buddhism

UNIT II:
1. Pancsila
2. Four Noble Truth
3. Eight Fold Path

UNIT III:
1. Paramitas
2. Brahma Viharas

UNIT-IV:
1. Karma and Rebirth
2. Nirvana
3. Anatmavada (No Soul theory)

Recommended Readings:

● Halbfars, W., 'Karma, Apurva and "Nature" causes: observation on the growth and limits
of the theory of Samsars, 'in O' Flabearty, 1999.
● Harvey, Peter, An Introduction ot Buddhist Ethics, Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press.
● Kamla, J. (1983) The Concept of Pancsila in Indian Thought, P. V. Institute: Varanasi.
● Keown, D. (1992) The Nature of Buddhist Ethics, London: Macmillan.
“Karma, Character and Consequentialism” in Journal of Religious
Ethics 24 (2):329 - 350 (1996)
● Bhatta, J. Nyayamanjari ed. S.N. Shukla, (1971) Varanasi: Chowkhamba Vidyabhavan.
https://archive.org/details/TheNyayamanjariOfJayantaBhattaEdited...BySuryaNarayanaS
ukla
● O' Flaheaty, W. D. (1999) Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions, Delhi:
Motilal Banarsidass.
● Saddhatissa, H. (1970) Buddhist Ethics, London: George Allen and Unwin.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: JAINISM

UNIT I: Unit I: Jainism: An overview

1. The Jain symbol
2. The 24 tirthankars
3. The sects: Digambar and Shvetambar

Unit II: Jain Metaphysics & Epistemology

1. Nature of Reality
2. Pramana and Nyaya
3. Types of Knowledge

Unit III: Manyness, Manifoldness and Probability

1. Anekantvada
2. Syadvada
Unit IV: Jain Ethics
1. The vows
2. The triratna
3. Practical Application of Jain Ethics
Recommended Readings:

● Jain, K. (1983) The Concept of Pancsila in Indian Thought, Varanasi: P V Institute.

(1998) Aparigraha- The Humane Solution, Varanasi: P V Institute.
● Jaini, J. L. (2014) Outlines of Jainism - Primary Source Edition by F. W. Thomas.
● Jain, J. P. (2006) Art and Science of Self Realization, New Delhi: Radiant Publishers.
● Sharma, I C. (1965) Ethical Philosophies of India, USA: Harper and Row.
● Setia, T.(2004) Ahimsa, Anekanta and Aparigrah. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

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SEMESTER V/VI: DSE: VEDIC VALUE SYSTEM

UNIT I
1. Vedic System of Values
2. Concept of Man and Humanity

UNIT II
1. The value of the organizations of Personal Life (Asram)
2. The Social organization of Humanity in Smrtis
3. The Varna Theory

UNIT III
1. The hieratical types of values (purusarthas)
2. Nature of Svadharma
3. Evaluation of the Indian ethical concepts

UNIT IV
1. Three ways to attain moksa according to Bhagvad Gita's (JnanA marg, Karma marg, Bhakti
Marg)
2. Niskama Karma and Bhakti

Recommended Readings

● Chaterjee, S. Chandra, The Fundamentals of Hinduism, Calcutta: University of Caluctta,

1970.
● Chennakesavan, Sarswati, A Critical Study of Hinduism, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, 1980.
● Dasgupta, S. N., A History of Indian Philosophy, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
● Devraja, N. K., Hinduism and Modern age, New Delhi, Jamia Nagar, 1975.
● Hiriyana, M, Outlines of Indian Philosophy, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1952.
● Jingran, Saral, Aspects of Hindu Morality, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, 1999.
● Krishna, Yuvraj, The Doctrine of Karma, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, 1997.
● O' Flaherty, Wendy Doneger, Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions, Delhi,
Motilal Banarsidass, 1999.
● Potter, Karl H., Presuppositions of Indian Philosophy, New Delhi, Princeton Hall of
India, 1965
● Prasad, H.S., The Centrality of Ethics in Buddhism, Expletory Essays, MLBD, 2007.
● Prasad, Rajendra, Varnadharma, Niskamakarma and Practical Morality, A Critical essay
on Applied Ethics. D. K. Print world (P) Ltd. New Delhi, 1999.
● Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol – I & II, New York: The Macmilan Company,
1956.
● Srimad Bhagvad Gita
● The Hindu view of life, London, Unwin books, 1960.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (INDIAN AND

WESTERN)

UNIT I:
1. Ashoka, 13 Major Rock Edicts
2. Dhammapada (Selections)

UNIT II: Manavdharamshstra

1. Stridharma,
2. Rules for time of adversity
3. Fruits of action

UNIT III: John Locke:

1. The second Treatise of Civil Government (1690).

UNIT IV:
1. The Communist Manifesto: Marx and Engels

Recommended Readings

● Dhammapada trans Daw Mya Tin, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan studies,
Varanasi, 1990, verses and stories from chapter 8,9,10,12,14,16,18,19 and 20.
● John Locke’s The second Treatise of Civil Government (1690).
● Rupert Gethin, 'He who sees Dhamma sees Dhammas' in Dharma, ed. Partick
Qlivelle Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 2009, pp 91-120.
● Manu's Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava-Dharma's-
astra by Patrick Olivelle Chapter 5 'Law with Respect to Women;' Chapter 9
Chapter10, Chapter 12, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005.
● Karl Marx and Friedrich: The Communist Manifesto: (Penguin Classics Deluxe
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Semester V/ VI: DSE: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

UNITI: Religion and Philosophy of Religion

1. Nature of Religion
2. Its relation to Philosophy of Religion.

UNIT II: Conceptions and Attributes of God

1. Theism, Deism and Pantheism
2. Omnipresence, Omnipotence and Omniscience

UNIT III: Faith, Prayer and Soul

1. Faith, reason and revelation
2. The concept of Prayer
3. Immortality of the soul.

UNIT IV: Liberation and Religious Pluralism

1. The concept of liberation: Indian perspective
2. Religious Pluralism

Recommended Readings:

● Brody, B. A. ed. (1974) Reading in Philosophy of Religion, New Jersey: PHI

Publication. (Part 1, 1.17 pp. 168-186).
● George Galloway, G. (1914) The Philosophy of Religion, New York: C. Scribner's
Sons.
● Hick, J. (1988) Philosophy of Religion, New Delhi: PHI Publication.
(1992) Philosophy of Religion, Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.
● Meister, C. ed. (2008) Philosophy of Religion Reader, Routledge: New York.
● Plato: Euthyphro, Trans. C. J. Emlyn-Jones, (1991) Briston Classical Press.
● Quinn, P. L. and Taliaferro, C. ed. (1999) A Companion to Philosophy of Religion,
USA: Blackwell Publishers.
● Singh, R. K.(1994) Dharma Darshana, New Delhi: PHI. (Hindi Translation of
Philosophy of Religion, by John Hick).
● Verma, V. P. (1991) Dharma Darshan Ke Mool Siddhant, New Delhi: Hindi
Madhyam Karyanvaya Nideshalaya.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: GREEK PHILOSOPHY

UNIT I: Socrates and the Sophists

1. Care of the self and moral relativism.
2. Virtue
3. Law and freedom

UNIT II: Plato and Moral psychology

1. Metaphysics
2. The ideal state
3. Critique of Democracy

UNIT III: Aristotle

1. Political Naturalism
2. Human nature and the nature of the state
3. Justice
UNIT IV: Epicurus and the Stoics
1. Pleasure and happiness
2. Living according to nature
3. On suicide

Recommended Readings

● Annas, J. (1993) The Morality of Happiness, Oxford: Oxford Unicersity Press.

● Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus, Trans. by Robert Drew Hicks
(E Text: http://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html)
● Kerferd, G. B. (1981) The Sophistic Movement, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
● Keyt, D. and Miller (Jr.), F. D. (eds.) (1991) A Companion to Aristotle's Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
● Long, A. A. (1986) Hellenistic Philosophy, 2nd ed. California: University of California
Press.
● Plato, Apology and Crito, Protagoras, Republic Book IV
(E texts: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Plato)
● Rist, J. M. (1972) Epicurus, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
● Schofield, M. (2006) Plato: Political Philosophy, Oxford: University Press.

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SEMESTER V/ VI: DSE: FEMINISM

UNIT I: The Sex/Gender Debate: Masculinity and Feminity.

4. Gender
5. Patriarchy

UNIT II: Gender and Society

1. Family Kinship and Marriage in India
2. Reproduction – Female Feticide and Infanticide

UNIT III: Embodiment

UNIT IV: Gender Politics

Essential Readings:

UNIT I

● Linda Nicholsan, 'Gender' in Alison M Jaggar and Iris Marion Young, A Comparion to
Feminist Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford, Blackwell
Publishers, 1998)
● Kamla Bhasin, What is Patricarchy? Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1993.
● V. Geeta, Gender, Stree, Calutta, 2002

UNIT II
● Patricia Oberoi, “Family Kinship and Marriage in India”, in Student's Encyclopedia, New
Delhi, 2000. Pp. 145-155
● S. H. Venkataramani, 'Female Infanticide: Born to Die', in Jill Radford and Diana
Russell (ed.) Femicide – The Policits of Women Killing (New York, Twayna Publishers,
1992)
● Laura Shanner, Procreation in Alison M Jaggar and Iris Marion Young, A Comparion to
Feminist Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford, Blackwell
Publishers, 1998)

UNIT III
● Naomi Wolf – The Beauty Myth, (New York, Harper Collins, 1991) (selective
readings)

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 ● Sandra Lee Bartrey, “Body Politics” in Alison m Jaggar and Iris Marion Young, A
Comparion to Feminist Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford,
Blackwell Publishers, 1998)
● Anita Silvers, “Disability” in Alision M. Feminist Philosophy, A Comparion to Feminist
Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 1998)

UNIT IV
● Virginia Held, “Rights”, in Alison M Jaggar and Iris Marion Young, A Comparion to
Feminist Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford, Blackwell
Publishers, 1998)
● Elizabeth Kiss, “Justice”, in Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Marion Young, A Comparion to
Feminist Philosophy, Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. (Oxford, Blackwell
Publishers, 1998)
● Prof. Poonam Saxena, Succession laws and Gender Justice ed., Parashar and Dhanda
2006.
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B.A. (PROGRAMME) GENERIC ELECTIVE PAPER

GE PH 01: INDUCTIVE LOGIC

UNIT I: Introduction to Inductive Logic

1. Subject matter of Inductive Logic
2. Significance of Probability in Inductive Reasoning
3. Probability and the Scientific Method
4. The Philosophical Problem of Induction

UNIT II: Kinds of induction

1. Perfect induction
2. Imperfect induction
3. Scientific inductive methods its stages
4. Non-scientific methods of inquiry ( Intuitive method, Method of Tenacity, Method of
authority)

UNIT III: Postulates of Induction

1. Definitions of Postulates
2. Law of uniformity – Kinds of uniformity (Uniformity of Succession, Uniformity of Co-
existence)
3. The law of universal causation - Definition of Cause, Plurality of Cause
4. The law of unity of nature

UNIT IV: Mill’s Experimental Methods

1. Method of agreement
2. Method of difference
3. Joint method of Agreement & difference
4. Method of Concomitant variation
5. Method of Residues.

UNIT IV: Hypothesis

1. Definition of Hypothesis with examples
2. Kinds of Hypothesis (Explanatory Hypothesis, Descriptive Hypotheses)
3. Conditions of a good Hypotheses
4. Verification of a Hypothesis.

Recommended Readings:

● Chakraborti, C. (2007) Logic: Informal, Symbolic and Inductive, New Delhi: Prentice
Hall of India.
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● Copi, I. M. (2013) Introduction to Logic, New Delhi: Pearson.
● Hacking, I. (2001) An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic, Cambridge
University Press.
● Read, C. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Logic, EBook #18440] 2006

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GE PH 02: FUNDAMENTALS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

UNIT I: Indian Philosophy: An Overview.
1. Basic characteristics of Indian Philosophy

UNIT II: Epistemology

1. Prama
2. Pramanya
3. Types of Pramana.

UNIT III: Metaphysics

1. Self
2. Causality

UNIT IV: Moral Philosophy

● The Ethical Theory of Bhagvad Gita.

Prescribed Reading: Mohanty, J. N. (2000) Classical Indian Philosophy, U.S.A.: Rowman and
Littlefield Publisher.

Recommended Readings:

● Ganeri, J. (2001) Philosophy in Classical India: An Introduction and Analysis. New

Delhi: MBD.
● Hamilton, S. (2001) Indian Philosophy (Very Short Introduction). UK: OUP.
● Sarma, Deepak. (2011) Classical Indian Philosophy - A Reader, Columbia University
Press

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GE PH 03: Philosophical Thought of B.R. Ambedkar

UNIT I: Ambedkar and Indian Philosophy

1. Socio- Political Context
2. His method and interrogation of Indian Philosophy

UNIT II: Ambedkar’s Social Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion

1. Critique of Caste system and Hindu social order
2. Critical views on Philosophy of Hinduism and its religious texts

UNIT III: Moral and Political Philosophy

1. Human Dignity and Social Justice
2. Moral community
3. Constitutional morality

UNIT IV: Ambedkar and Buddhism

1. Celebration of Self respect and Religious conversion
2. Construction of rational, moral and humanistic religion

UNIT V: Contemporary Relevance of Ambedkar

● Ambedkarism
● Casteless society and Dalit Movement

Essential Writings

● B.R. Ambedkar Introduction, Rodrigues, Valerian(ed). The Essential Writings of B.R.

AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, p.10-40
● B.R.Ambedkar, Castes in India, Rodrigues, Valerian(ed). The Essential Writings of B.R.
AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, pp.241-261
● B.R.Ambedkar, ‘Annihilation of Caste,’ Rodrigues, Valerian(ed). The Essential Writings
of B.R. Ambedkar, New Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, pp.263-301
● B.R.Ambedkar. ‘Philosophy of Hinduism’, Moon, Vasant (Compiled) Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Vol.3, Education Department, Government of
Maharastra, 1987
● ‘Buddha or Karl Marx,’ Moon, Vasant (Compiled) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings
and Speeches Vol.3, Education Department, Government of Maharastra, 1987
● B.R. Ambedkar, Krishna and His Gita, Rodrigues, Valerian.(Ed.) The Essential Writings
of B.R. AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, pp.193-204

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● B.R. Ambedkar . Democracy, Rodrigues, Valerian.(ed.) The Essential Writings of B.R.
AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002 ,pp.60-65
● B.R. Ambedkar Political safeguards for Depressed classes, Rodrigues, Valerian(Ed.). The
Essential Writings of B.R. AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, pp379-382
● B.R. Ambedkar , Basic Features of Indian constitution, Rodrigues, Valerian(Ed.). The
Essential Writings of B.R. AmbedkarNew Delhi: Oxford Press, 2002, pp.473-495
● B.R. Ambedkar , ‘What the Buddha Taught,’ from Buddha and His Dhamma, Dr.
BabasahebAmbedkar Writings and Speeches Vol.11, Education Department, Government
of Maharastra,1979.

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GE PH 04: TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS

UNIT I: Interface of Science, Technology and Society

1. Industrial Revolution
2. Age of Information Technology
3. Biotechnology and Nano Technology

UNIT II: Introduction to Technology and Ethics

1. Ethical dilemmas
2. Philosophy of technology

UNIT III: Information Technology Ethics

1. Computer Ethics
2. Digital Divide

UNIT IV: Biotechnology and Ethics

1. GM foods
2. Cloning
3. Stem cell culture

UNIT IV: Nano Ethics

1. Social and Economic Implication
2. Concerns of Public

UNIT V: Democratization of Technology

1. Rights
2. Justice
3. Public Evaluation of Science and Technology

Essential Readings:

● Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, Science, Philosophy and Society, New Delhi: Critical

Quest, 2007
● Carl Mitcham Introduction Mitcham C.(Ed.) Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and
Ethics, Mac Milllan Reference USA:2005, pp. xi-xvii
● Terryl Wards Bynum and Simon Rogerson “ Definitions of Computer Ethics, Terryl
Wards Bynum and Simon Rogerson (ed.) Computer Ethics and Professional
Responsibility, Wiley Blackwell Publishing , 2003 , pp.17-20

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● James H Moor, Reason, Relativity and Responsibility in computer ethics, , Terryl Wards
Bynum and Simon Rogerson (eds.) Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility,
Wiley Blackwell Publishing , 2003, pp.22-38
● Terryl Wards Bynum. Milestones in the history of information and computer ethics,
Kenneth Einar Himma and Herman T Tavani (Eds.), The Hand Book of Information and
Computer Ethics, New Jersey: John Wiley and sons, 2008, pp.25-48
● Maria Canellopoulou and Kenneth Einar Himma The Digital Divide: Perspective for
future, The Hand Book of Information and Computer Ethics, New Jersey: John Wiley
and sons, 2008, Pp621-638
● Margaret R Mclean, The Future of Food : An Introduction to Ethical Issues in
Genetically Modified Foods , Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics, 2005,
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conference/presentations/geneti
cally-modified-foods.html
● Jeffrey Burkhardt , The GMO Debates: Taking Ethics Seriously Institute of Food and
Agricultural Science, University of Florida
http://www.farmfoundation.org/news/articlefiles/120-burkhardt.pdf
● John Bryant, Linda Bagott La Velle and John Searle Introduction to Bioethics, 2005,
John Wiley Sons 2005, pp.17-32
● David Strong, Environmental Ethics vol.2 From Carl Mitcham (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Science, Technology and Ethics: Mac Millan Reference USA, 2005, pp.653-660.
● Robert Melchior, Figueroa Environmental Justice vol.2, From Carl Mitcham (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics: Mac Millan Reference USA, 2005,
pp.663-669
● Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, John Weckert (Ed.) Nanoethics: The Ethical and
Social Implications of Nanotechnology, John Wiley and sons, 2008, pp1-17
● Feenberg, Andrew. Questioning Technology, Routledge, 1999 pp.139-158
● John Bryant, Linda Bagott La Velle and John Searle Introduction to Bioethics, John
Wiley Sons 2005, pp.17-32
● Barry Barnes. The Public Evaluation of Science and Technology From Carl Mitcham
(Ed.) Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics: Mac Millan Reference USA,
2005,pp. 16-35.
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Skill Enhancement Elective Course

AEEC (SEC) ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

UNIT I: ETHICAL CONCEPTS AND ETHICAL APPROACHES

1. Values, Dilemma and Choices
2. Responsibility, Justice & Fairness
3. Respect for self and others

UNIT II: ETHICAL DECISION PROCESS

1. Ethical codes and tests
2. Steps to ethical decision-making
3. Case studies and Situational role plays
Recommended Readings:

● Blanchard, K., & Peale, N.V. (1988) The Power of Ethical Management, New York: William
Morrow and Co. pp. 20-24.
http://www.blanchardbowleslibrary.com/books/powerofethicalmanagement.htm
● Brown, M. (1996) The Quest for Moral Foundations: An Introduction to Ethics Georgetown
University Press
● Davis, M. (1999) Ethics and The University, New York: Routledge.
● Heller, R. (1998) Making Decisions, New York: DK.
● Josephson, M. S. (2002) Making Ethical Decisions, Josephson Institute of Ethics.
● Kardasz, F. (2008) Ethics Training For Law Enforcement: Practices and Trends, VDM
Verlag Dr. Müller.
● Nosich, G. M. (2002) Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking,
Prentice Hall.

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Skill Enhancement Elective Course: YOGA PHILOSOPHY

UNIT I
1. The Definition and Essence of Yoga
2. Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga

UNIT II
1. Yoga in Jainism, Yoga in Buddhims (Vipassana) and Yoga in Bhagvadgita
2. Patanjali's Astangik Yoga Marga

Recommended Readings:

● Abhishiktananda, Swami: (1974) Guru and Disciple, London: Society for the Promotion
of Christiona Knowledge,
● Aranya, H.: (1983) Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali, rev. ed.. Trans. by P. N. Mukherji,
Albany, New York: Suny Press,
● Bhattacharya, H. (1956) (ed.). The Cultural Heritage of India, Calcutta: Ramkrishna
Mission Institute of Culture, 4 vol.
● Cleary, T. (1995) translated Buddhist Yoga: A Comprehensive Course, Boston, Mass:
Shambhala Publications.
● Dasgupta, S. N. (1930) Yoga Philosophy in Relation to Other Systems of Indian Thought,
Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
● Gopalan S. (1974) Outlines of Jainism, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd.
● Kaveeshwar, G. W. (1971) The Ethics of the Gita, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas.

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