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OAS 303 Eco-Philosophy

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S5 Credits : 02 Teacher : rev. Dr Maramattam Xavier Aim Eco-philosophy is a philosophical study of ecological harmony and equilibrium that exists in this world. This course starts with explaining the notion of Ecology, Ecosophy and the scope of Eco-philosophy. Then we expose some of the important Ecological crises like Pollution, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, Deforestation, Erosion of Fertile Soil, the Bio-diversity Crisis and its causes such as, Anthropocentrism, Cartesian Dualism, Modernism, etc. A philosophical outlook towards nature consisted of both Western and Eastern traditions such as, the Greek wisdom, Mechanical philosophy of nature in the middle ages, logical positivism, New vision of physics, the Taoist world view, Buddhist world view, Hindu…

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OBS 117 History of Contemporary Western Philosophy

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S5 Credits : 05 Teacher : rev. Dr Neelanirappel Johnson Aim The purpose of this course is to engage both the minds and hearts to a more systematization and innovative horizon of the latest philosophical trends something that has missed during the modern period. Many of the older mechanisms and the theoretical formulations lack the capacity to solve the problem of the modern times. The period heralds the rise of analytical and continental philosophy which gave philosophical thinking a new direction shifting the attention from the traditional topics. There are a good number of European thinkers who paved the way for the contemporary philosophy. Obviously, the impetus of the discussion derives from the…

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OBS 111 Ethics (Moral Philosophy)

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S5 Credits : 07 Teacher : rev. Dr Sankoorikal Martin Francis & rev. Dr Vettaparambil George Xavier Aim The course entitled Ethics focuses on the relevance of the study of moral philosophy. Primarily it enquires the question “why human being should be moral?” To achieve this end, an overview of the historical development of moral philosophy is undertaken. The main intention is to enable the students to have a solid and coherent foundations of moral philosophy rooted in Christian faith. In this regard, the foundations of moral philosophy are analysed with the support of classical authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure. Moreover, a critical appraisal of different types of morality…

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