Value Education: A Study in Human Values and Virtues

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This book is intended to study Value Education from traditional philosophy to modern social philosophy from different aspects. The attempts has been taken to clear the concept of Value Education from a realistic perspective Value Education in concerned with total person ofa being and becoming, with moral awareness and character. The study of Value Education can pave the way towards perfection, with a mission to live by the values and virtues. The subject matters of the book is for the enrichment of human life with innate knowledge and values.

Dr. Amulya Ranjan Mohapatra is former Vice- Principal and Principal of Government Colleges of Orissa. He taught philosophy over a period of twenty years and has undertaken many research projects of U.G.C., ICSSR and ASRC on different inter-disciplinary studies. Besides authoring many books in English, Oriya and Hindi, including The Idea of Inexpressible: A Philosophical Analysis, Philosophy of Religion, Hinduism: Analytical Study, Swaraj: A Multidimensional Concept and Social Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. Dr. Mohapatra has to his credit over 300 articles published in different magazines and newspapers of repute.

Mrs. Bijaya Mohapatra. M.A. BED. is working as Head Mistress, in Govt. High School, Dumuriput, Koraput. She is a regular participant of Air Women's Programmes.

This book consists of three parts. The first part deals with the philosophical aspects of Value Education and the second part, with Indian Values and Virtues and third part consisting of ten articles, deals with the Contamporary human values. A man is known as 'man' only by this value education, the subjective aspect of our life.

The Value Education covers a philosophical study of both Western and Indian systems which are universal in content but relative in application. An attempt is made to put the subject very comprehensively, in a simple language by which our readers can understand it clearly and it provides sufficient food for their thought. We hope it will be found very useful to both students and teachers.

We are grateful to Dr. G. C. Nayak, Ex-Prof. & Head, Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, and Swami Priyarupananda and Ex-Prof. S. C. Srivastava, D. A. V. College, Koraput for their valuable suggestions. We are also thankful to Sir Nitai Patnaik, two daughters, Mama, Papa and Pabitra Babu and SUBA.

We express our gratitude to our publisher, Mr. Shalaj Mittal, for his keen interest and prompt action in the publication of this book. Last but not least, our sincere gratitude to one and all who have halped us in various ways to bring out this book. Particularly, the editor of Kalyan-Kalpatar who has given his kind permission to incorporate my articles in this book.

The authors would welcome suggestions for the improvement of the book in the next edition.

**Contents and Sample Pages**