AKTU Vision for Humane Society (MNHV501) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Minor Degree in Universal Human Values

Course Objectives

• To help the students understand the values ensuring justice in human-human relationship
• To develop the competence to think about the conceptual framework of humane society which includes undivided society (relationship based) and universal human order (system based).
• To help the students have the exposure for transition from current state to humane society (the undivided society and universal human order). Course Methodology 1.The methodology of this course is explorational and thus universally adaptable. It involves a systematic and rational study of the human being vis-à-vis the rest of existence. 2.It is free from any dogma or set of dos and don’ts related to values. 3.It is a process of self-investigation and self-exploration, and not of giving sermons. Whatever is found as truth or reality is stated as a proposal and the students are facilitated and encouraged to verify it in their own right, based on their Natural Acceptance and subsequent Experiential Validation. 4.This process of self-exploration takes the form of a dialogue between the teacher and the students to begin with, and then to continue within the student leading to continuous self-evolution. 5.This self-exploration also enables them to critically evaluate their pre-conditionings and present beliefs. A human being naturally accepts to live in family with fulfilment. Every family is a part of society. We have been talking of undivided society for ages. The course aims at developing the vision of undivided society and universal human order in the students. For this the students need to understand the values embedded in every relationship and see their role in ensuring justice in every relationship. They also need to understand the human-rest of nature relationship and role of work in its fulfilment. The course addresses these issues in a comprehensive manner and proposes the steps of transition from current state to universal human order and human tradition. Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Introduction to the course

Basic Aspiration of a Human Being and program for its fulfilment (Right Understanding: understanding harmony from individual to existence; Justice in Relationship: from family to world family order; participation in larger order: from family to world family order), need for family and relationship for a Human Being, Human relationship and role of work in its fulfilment, Comprehensive Human Goal (Clarity of Human Goals at the level of Individual, Family, Society and Nature) , Need for Undivided Society (Understanding of expansion of Natural Acceptance from family to world family order), Need for Universal Human Order, an appraisal of the Current State (critical analysis of assumption about human being, Happiness and Prosperity and physical facilities), Appraisal of Efforts in this Direction in Human History – discussion on Eightfold Path, Ashtanga Yoga, etc)

Unit 2: To ensure Undivided Society: Understanding Human-Human Relationship & its

fulfilment.

Recognition of Human-Human Relationships (parents and daughter-son relationships; teacher and disciple relationships; brother-sister relationship; friend-friend relationship; husband-wife relationship; guide-colleague relationships; societal relationship), Recognition of feelings in relationships, Established Values (Trust, Respect, Affection, Care, Guidance, Reverence, Glory and Gratitude) and Expressed Values (complementariness, transparency, commitment, generosity, spontaneity, worship, ease, softness, oneness) in Relationship, the interrelatedness of feelings and their fulfilment, Expression of feelings, Types of relationship and their purpose, mutual evaluation in a relationship (process and evaluation in behaviour), Meaning of justice in a relationship, Justice leading to culture (interrelatedness, in Sanskar, Culture and Civilization), civilization and Human Conduct Understanding Human-Human Relationship & its fulfilment

Unit 3: Justice from family to world family order

Undivided Society as continuity and expanse of Justice in behaviour (Brief description on the dimension of Education, health, justice, production & service, exchange and distribution, right utilisation, preservation and system services) – family to world family order, continuity of culture and civilization;

Universal Order (scope and system) on the basis of Undivided Society, Conceptual Framework (decentralized social structure) for Universal human order, Universal Human Order as continuity and expanse of order in living: from family order to world family order.

Program for Ensuring Undivided Society and Universal Human Order.

Unit 4: Program for Ensuring Undivided Society and Universal Human Order

Dimension of Education: Content of education, process of Education, self-study and practice, policies and systems; Dimension of Health: Self-regulation and its responsibility toward the body, indicators of good health, appraisal of current state, program for self-regulation and health, policies and systems; Dimension of justice: obligation, duty and ethics, goals of the system of justice, policies and systems; dimension of production: goal of production system, types of production, evaluation of technologies, policies and system; Dimension of exchange and distribution: clarity of storage, exchange and distribution, goal of distribution and exchange, types of exchange, requirement to ensure proper exchange; Dimension of right utilization; purpose of the dimension of right utilization, critical analysis of prevalent system; dimension of preservation and system services.

Unit 5: Human Order (Continued)

Human Tradition: Scope and Steps of Universal Human Order, Human Tradition ( Ex.

Family order to world family order), Steps for the transition from the current state (detailing of actions from individual to society), Possibilities of participation of students in this direction, Present efforts in this direction: discussion on case studies from past and present, Sum up.

Reference Books

1. A Foundation Course in Human Values and Professional Ethics, R R Gaur, R Asthana, G P Bagaria, 2nd Revised Edition, Excel Books, New Delhi, 2019. ISBN 978-93-87034- 47-1
2. AvartansheelArthshastra, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India.
3. An Appeal by the Dalai Lama to the World: Ethics Are More Important Than Religion, Dalai Lama XIV, 2015.
4. Economy of Permanence – (a quest for social order based on non-violence), J. C. Kumarappa (2010), Sarva-Seva-Sangh-Prakashan, Varansi, India.
5. Energy and Equity, Ivan Illich (1974), The Trinity Press, Worcester & Harper Collins, USA.
6. Human Society, Kingsley Davis, 1949.
7. Hind Swaraj or, Indian Home Rule, Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1909.
8. Integral Humanism, DeendayalUpadhyaya, 1965.
9. LohiyaKeVichar, LokBharti ,RammanoharLohiya, 2008.
10. ManavVyavaharDarshan, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India.
11. ManaviyaSamvidhan, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India
12. SamadhanatmakBhautikvad, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India
13. Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered, E. F. Schumacher, 1973, Blond & Briggs, UK.
14. Slow is Beautiful, Cecile Andrews (http://www.newsociety.com/Books/S/Slow-is- Beautiful)
15. Sociology Themes and Perspectives, Harper Collins; EIGHT edition (2014), Martin Holborn and Peter Langley, 1980.
16. Samagrakranti: Jaya Prakash Narayan's philosophy of social change, Siddharth Publications, Renu Sinha, 1996.
17. Science & Humanism – towards a unified worldview, P. L. Dhar& R. R. Gaur (1990), Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi
18. VyavaharvadiSamajshastra, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India.
19. VyavahatmakJanvad, A. Nagraj, Divya Path Sansthan, Amarkantak, India.
20. The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx, 1848.
21. Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World's Religions Can Come Together Dalai Lama XIV, 2011. Reference Videos
22. Kin school, Tekos, Russia (30 minutes)
23. Technology (Solar City etc.).
24. Natural Farming.
25. Economics of Happiness (1h 8m) Mode of Evaluation: Based on participation of student in classroom discussions/Self-assessment/Peer assessment/Assignments/ Seminar/Continuous Assessment Test/Semester End Exam Socially relevant project/Group Activities/Assignments may be given importance in this course

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able to-

1. Analyze the significance of feelings in ensuring justice in human-human relationships
2. Formulate a conceptual framework of humane society based on relationship and harmony
3. Evaluate the fulfilment in relationships in their personal and professional life with the understanding of established and expressed values
4. Develop the competence to work as a team based on relationship in different dimensions of life and society
5. Formulate the steps of transition from current state to humane society (the undivided society and universal human order) ******