Practice Session2 PS2 Practice Session2 to be conducted

Practice Session-2 (PS-2) • Practice Session-2 • to be conducted after L 4 Slide 1 of 12

Practice Session for Course in Human Values the students have to do is 1. Read the statements made or questions posed. 2. For a statement see within yourself to find out whether its true for you or not? For a question, think over it and find out your answer. 3. Students has to write their observations in Practice Session Note book. Slide 3 of 12

Practice Session-2 (PS-2) • (1) Now a days, there is a lot of voice about many technogenic maladies such as energy and natural resource depletion, environmental pollution, global warming, ozone depletion, deforestation, soil degradation, etc. – all these seem to be man-made problems threatening the survival of life on Earth – What is the root cause of these maladies & what is the way out your opinion? (Solution) Slide 4 of 12

Practice Session-2(PS-2) • (2) On the other hand, there is rapidly growing danger because of nuclear proliferation, arms race, terrorism, criminalization of politics, large scale corruption, scams, breakdown of relationships, generation gap, depression & suicidal attempts, etc-what do you think, is the root cause of these threats to human happiness and peace – what could be the way out in your opinion? (Solution) Slide 5 of 12

Practice Session-2 • Write the answers now in class. • Take around 5 minutes. • Discussion will be follows. 6

Practice Session-2 • Now, Discussion by the Teacher/Facilitator with Students …. 7

Practice Session-2 • These problems broadly fall in two categories: – Threats to survival of life on earth – Threats to human happiness and peace • What are the possible causes of these techno genic maladies? • Does technology have the solution for these problems or something else is required to have a check on these? 8

Practice Session-2 • Technology can be defined as the efficient way of doing the things which are valuable. • Does technology provide any basis to decide, ‘what is valuable? ’ • If we keenly look into the possible causes of techno-genic maladies, it can be found out that the lack of this competence to decide, ‘what is valuable’, is the root cause of most of these problems. 9

Practice Session-2 • Therefore, Technical education without knowledge of human values can cause more problems than solutions. • Value education makes one competent enough to decide on his own right, ‘what is valuable? ’ • What measures are being taken now a days to resolve these problems or to minimize the effect of these problems? • In order to resolve these problems, are we trying to ensure proper value education for everyone? 10

Practice Session-2 • Most of the prevailing measures to keep a check on these problems are based on fear, temptation or sanctions. • These solutions can not be sustainable. They may be able to temporarily restrain a person. • In fact, these measures makes a person more resistant to improvement and a bigger threat to society. 11

Practice Session-2 • Only the solutions based on right understanding and value based living can be sustainable. • Therefore, value education is essential, which will compliment technical education in order to ensure the right utilization of technology. 12

HOME WORK • 1. What is your idea of success/progress/development? (after lectures 3 & 4) • 2. What is your idea of happiness? 13