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Values and
Good Habits
Special Ed. for MCR-HRD
Institute
PROF. V. VISWANADHAM
Ethics
Ethics
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
(descriptive ethics)
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What are the perennial
questions of ethics?
What should we do
with our freedom?
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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V AL
UES
ARE VALUES
DIFFERENT
IN DIFFERENT FIELDS ?
~ DISCRIMINATING, EXPLOITING
& DEGRADING
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IN GOD’S CREATION,
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE
84 LAKHS OF SPECIES ~
WITH HUMAN LIFE
TOPPING THE LIST.
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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; -
MOTHER THERESA
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POLITICS PRINCIPLES
SCIENCE HUMANITY
COMMERCE MORALITY
WEALTH WORK
WORSHIP COMPASSION
PLEASURE CONSCIENCE
EDUCATION CHARACTER
PURUSHARTHAS
&
ASHRAMAS
DHARMA BRAHMACHARYA
ARTHA GRUHASTHA
KAMA VANAPRASTHA
MOKSHA SANYASA
RIGHT / WRONG ?
TRUTH / UNTRUTH
LOVE FOR GOD
FEAR OF SIN
SOCIA L
MORA LI TY
LOVE – THE MOST BASIC HUMAN
VALUE
IN UNDERSTANDING
IN SPEECH
IN ACTION
IN THOUGHT
IN
UNDERSTANDING
STAR T 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
• CHARACTER
• INTEGRITY
• OBJECTIVITY
• PURSUIT OF TRUTH
• CONCENTRATION
• PURITY OF [ T+W+A ]
• TRUTHFULNESS
• PATIENCE
• SELF-MASTERY
• COMMITMENT
• PUNCTUALITY
• EQUALITY
• ORDERLINESS
• SIMPLICITY
• HONESTY
• HUMILITY
• ABSENCE OF ANGER
• CLEANLINESS Etc.,
GOOD
HABITS
PROF. V. VISWANADHAM
GOOD
T S
B I
A
H
Creates and
develops
FORCE OF
EASY
S
TO
ACQUIRE
I T
A B
H
DIFFICUL
T
TO
HABITS
REVEAL /
REFLECT
OUR
CHARACTER
HABITS
HAVE THE POWER TO
ATTRACT /
REPEL
ABILITIES
[ By Birth or Acquired ]
Combined with
adequate PRACTICE
Develop
YOUR SKILLS
IF
for some reason
PRACTICE IS POOR
the standard of
YOUR SKILLS
will also be
POOR
GOOD HABITS,
are very essential
for SUCCESS
in LIFE.
Foundation of
GOOD HABITS
forms the basis for
developing competence &
strengthening of positive attitudes
that together contribute to
SUCCESS IN
ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
NEVER
NEVER
NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF
GOOD HABITS
GOOD
HABITS
GOOD GOOD
WORK LIFE
HABITS
HABIT
S
GOOD HABITS
W. A. T. C.
H.
W = WORDS
A = ACTIONS
T = THOUGHTS
C = CHARACTER
Thoughts Words
Actions
Habits Character
L I F E
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