Ethics (Mains Marks Booster)
Attitude
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference - Winston Churchill
3rd August 2023
Aptitude
Aptitude without attitude is blind; and attitude without aptitude is lame. — Richard Marcel I.
3rd August 2023
Emotional Intelligence
3rd August 2023
Contributions of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India and World
3rd August 2023
Ethics in Public Administration
3rd August 2023
Probity in Governance
“The purpose of a government is to make it easy for people to do good and difficult to do evil”. Gladstone
“Rivers do not drink their waters themselves, nor do trees eat their fruit, nor do the clouds eat the grains raised by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others.”
3rd August 2023
Freebies in Elections
3rd August 2023
Uniform Civil Codes & Ethical Dimensions
Context: Recently, the 22nd Law Commission recently agreed to re-examine the subject and started soliciting opinions and recommendations on UCC from the public and acknowledged religious bodies.
3rd August 2023
Migration & Refugees
3rd August 2023
Refugees and their Issues
3rd August 2023
Public Outrages: Violence through Protests, Mob Lynching
Quote: The first and most important thing a man should keep away from is not doing harm of any kind knowingly to anyone, at any time. - Thiruvalluvar
3rd August 2023
Corporate Governance: New Age Startups
It represents the structure of rules, practices, and processes used to direct and manage a company for its efficient and effective functioning.
3rd August 2023
Media Ethics & Freedom of Press
3rd August 2023
Drug and Alcoholism in India
There’s not a drug on Earth that can make life meaningful.
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.” – Kurt Cobain
3rd August 2023
Match Fixing
3rd August 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Aspects
Recent Incident: Elon’s car was caught on camera ramming into another car. But he pleaded not guilty. His argument was that his car was on autonomous mode, so the responsibility of the accident lies with the car manufacturer.
3rd August 2023
Metaverse
Metaverse is a combination of multiple elements of technology, including virtual reality, augmented reality and video where users "live" within a digitally enhanced surrounding.
3rd August 2023
Use of Bulldozer and Principle of Natural Justice
3rd August 2023
Demolition of illegal structures of accused
Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, Haryana have laws in place for the recovery of damages to the property during a disturbance. From the administrative point of view, it may appear to be reasonable but it also endangers the fundamental rights of citizens.
3rd August 2023
War
“So long as there are men, there will be wars.” - – Albert Einstein
“Not every war is worth fighting….” – Naushad
3rd August 2023
Opinion Polls and Ethics
Context:
Issue with authenticity and transparency of Opinion polls for recently conducted Assembly elections.
3rd August 2023
Cognitive Dissonance
Uniform Civil Code: Whether to support or not
Economic assistance to Pakistan by the international organsiation
People of Russia – Whether to support their country or lean towards humanism
Covid-19 treatment and medical Experts
3rd August 2023
Custodial Violence
Quote: Threat to Human Rights is the highest in Police stations. Custodial torture and other police atrocities are problems which still prevail in our society. In spite of constitutional declarations and guarantees, lack of effective legal representation at the police stations is a huge detriment to arrested/detained. - Ex CJI N.V.Ramana
3rd August 2023
Clinical trials
3rd August 2023
Child Artists
3rd August 2023
Civil Servants and Social Media
Quote: “Don’t fall into ‘Singham’ trap. Police uniform is not associated with authority and awe but inspires pride.” – Prime Minister Narendra Modi
3rd August 2023
Defection and Instability of Government
The crisis of Madhya Pradesh Government in March, 2020, wherein Jyotiraditya Scindia along with 22 MLA’s gave resignation to the speaker of the assembly.
Recently, vertical division took place in the regional parties Shiv Sena and NCP in Maharashtra.
3rd August 2023
Ethics & human interface
2nd August 2023
Human Values
They have evolved over a period of time and are linked with emotions and feelings of humans.
Although society, religion, location, and other factors influence value systems, some values are universal among people.
All value systems contain these principles, and all people uphold them. They are referred to as human values. Human values have been essential to the evolution of human society.
2nd August 2023
Dimensions of Ethics
There are 4 branches of ethics and they deal with following types of questions:
- Descriptive ethics - What do people think is right?
- Meta-ethics - What does "right" even mean?
- Normative (prescriptive) ethics - How should people act?
- Applied ethics - How do we take moral knowledge and put it into practice?
2nd August 2023
