ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (FOR NON–MUSLIMS)

Objective

Course Contents

1. Meaning and Scope of Ethics
2. Relation of Ethics With
   2.1 Religion
   2.2 Science
   2.3 Law
3. Historical Development of Morality
   3.1 Instinctive Moral Life
   3.2 Customary Morality
   3.3 Reflective Morality
4. Moral Theories
   4.1 Hedonism (Mill)
   4.2 Intuitionism (Butler)
   4.3 Kant’s Moral Theory
   
5. Moral Ethics and Society
   5.1 Freedom and Responsibility
   5.2 Tolerance
   5.3 Justice
   5.4 Punishment (Theories of Punishment)
6. Moral Teachings of Major Religions
   6.1 Judaism
   6.2 Christianity
   6.3 Islam
7. Professional Ethics
   7.1 Medical Ethics
   7.2 Ethics of Students
   7.3 Ethics of Teachers
   7.4 Business

Recommended Books

1. Ameer Ali S., The Ethics of Islam, Noor Library Publisher, 1951.
2. Donaldson D. M., Studies in Muslim Ethics, London, 1953.
3. Hill, Thomas, Ethics in Theory and Practice, Thomas Y. Crowel, New York, 1950.
4. Titus H. H., Ethics in Theory and Practice, Thomas Y. Crowel, New York, 1950.
5. William Lillie, An Introduction to Ethics, Methuen and Co., London, 1957.