Unit 5 Notes | Universal Human Values Notes | AKTU Notes

Unit 5 Human Values AKTU Notes | Human Values Notes

Definitiveness of ethical human conduct in terms of values, policies and character:

• Ethics: The definitiveness of human conduct in terms of values, policies and character. Thus, the ethical conduct is self – satisfying, people friendly, eco-friendly and universal.
The right understanding gained through self-exploration also enables us to identify the definitiveness of human conduct which may also be called the ethical human conduct.

• Values (Mulya): Competence of living in accordance with universal human values or the participation of a unit in the larger order- its natural characteristics or svabhava. They are thirty:
Values in self (Jivan Mulya):
• Happiness (Sukha): realization + selection/ tasting
• Peace (Shanti): realization + analyzing
• Satisfaction (Santosh): realization + imaging
• Bliss (Ananda): realization + understanding

Values in Human – Human Relationship (Sambandh Mulya):

What we need to have is the established value; the expressed value is a natural outcome.

Values of a Human Being in its Participation in Universal Human Order (Manav Mulya):

- Perseverance (Dhirata): After understanding the system, patiently participating in it.
- Bravery (Veerta): Helping other in understanding and participating in system.
- Generosity (Udarta): Using our mind, body and wealth in system.
- Kindness (Daya): To give opportunity or thing to a person who have ability
- Beneficence (Kripa): To give ability to a person who have opportunity or thing
- Compassion (Karuna): Providing both ability and thing to a person.

Values of Human Being in the Interaction with the Rest of the Nature (Vastu Mulya):

- Utility Value (Upyogita Mulya): To prepare a physico-chemical object for nourish and
protection.
- Artistic value (Kala mulya): To ensure the long lasting utility of the object.

Policy (Niti):

The decision (plan, program, implementation, results, evaluation) about the enrichment, protection and right utilization of the resources (self, body and wealth – mana, tana and dhana). have three parts:
• Economic Value (Artha Niti): Enrichment of self, body and wealth
• Political Value (Rajya Niti): Protection of self, body and wealth
• Policy for Universal Human Order (Dharma Niti): Right utilization of self, body and wealth

Character (Charitra):

The definiteness of my desire, thought and selection gives definiteness to my living.
• Sva nari, sva purush: Chastity in conjugal relationship
• Sva dhana: Rightful production, acquisition and utilization of wealth
• Dayapurna vyavahar and dayapurna karya: Kindness in behaviour (people friendly) and work (eco friendly)

Understanding of harmony - Basis for humanistic education and humanistic constitution:

• Humanistic education: Humanistic education will incorporate appropriate integration of values and skills so that human beings are able to understand their physical needs correctly and adopt suitable techniques and production systems to cater to these needs in an eco-friendly and people friendly manner.
• Humanistic constitution: The right understanding also provides us the basis for a humanistic constitution which is essential to provide clear guidelines and policy framework conducive to the development of an un-fragmented human society and a universal human order. Working towards the comprehensive human goal and developing the competence for ethical human conduct will be among the salient directive principles of a humanistic constitution. It will safeguard the social justice in true sense.

Professional ethics in the light of right understanding:

Professional ethics means to develop professional competence with ethical human conduct. Ethical human conduct means definitiveness of human conduct. Ethical human conduct is the foundation of professional ethics. The only effective way to ensure professional ethics is through correct appraisal and systematic development of ethical competence in the professional (the human being).

• Competence in professional ethics
• Clarity about comprehensive human goal: Samadhan – samridhi – abhay – sah-astitva, and its fulfillment through universal human order.
• Confidence in oneself: Based on the right understanding of oneself and the rest of existence.
• Mutually fulfilling behaviour: Clarity and confidence in ethical human conduct and its correlation with sustained personal as well as collective happiness and prosperity.
• Mutually enriching interaction with nature: Self-sufficiency in fulfillment of physical needs; ability to assess the needs for physical facilities for the family and their fulfillment through production systems ensuring harmony in the nature.

Issues in professional ethics:
• Corruption in multiple forms and at various levels.
• Tax evasion, misappropriation and misuse of public funds.
• Misleading propaganda, unethical advertisements and sale promotion.
• Cut-throat competition.
• Exploiting the weakness of consumers through various enticements
• Adulteration and spurious production
• Endangering the health and safety of public at large.
• Hoarding and over-charging etc.

Holistic Technologies. Production System and Management Models:

• Right Understanding helps us to develop a vision for a holistic approach. By holistic approach we means the processes and the technologies adopted by us must be compatible with nature.
• The three broad criteria to guide the development of such technologies and system are-
- In accordance to appropriate needs and lifestyle
- People friendly
- Eco-friendly

Evaluation criteria for technologies –
The technologies adopted must fulfill the following criteria
• compatible with nature
• It must promote the use of renewable sources of energy
• Low cost and energy efficient.
• Safe and people friendly
• Does not harm health

Evaluation Criteria For Production Systems:

In order to decide the type of production system to be adopted, we need to answer few simple questions-
1. What to produce
2. How to produce

How much to produce
• Optimal utilization of local resources and expertise
• Priority to local consumption
• Should be user friendly
• Safe to the health of people involved in production system

For management models:
The management needs to focus at the fulfilment of the people involved in the production system as well as users of the produce and not for profit.
1.The whole unit works as a unit
2.Ensuring correct appraisal of labour
3.Sharing of responsibility

Journey Towards the Holistic Alternative

1.Appreciating the Need for self exploration
2.Facilitating the Understanding of Harmony at Various levels
3.Steps for facilitating at the level of Family, Society and Profession

Transition from present state to universal human order

1.Promoting mass awareness and moving toward humanistic education
2.Developing holistic model of living
3.Implementing Strict policies and social system