Attitudes are views, beliefs, or evaluations of people about something (the attitude object). The attitude object can be a person, place, thing, ideology, or an event. Attitudes can be positive or negative. Eg: I hate men with long hair. In the above example, the person is having a negative attitude towards men who …
Values can be defined as those things that are valued by someone. In other words, values are what is considered ‘important‘ by an individual or an organization. Examples include courage, honesty, freedom, innovation etc. Value = Degree of Importance of Something Value denotes the degree of importance of something (or even an action). …
Ethics, as a branch of Philosophy, has multi-dimensions. It can be applied in many fields like environment, cyberspace, public sphere, international relations and so on. To understand the dimensions of ethics, we need to first understand the branches of ethics. Dimensions of Ethics (Branches of Ethics) Ethics is divided into four …
Ethics is the study of what is right or wrong in human conduct. This is a branch of Philosophy which studies moral principles. Hence, Ethics is also known as Moral Philosophy. Ethics vs Morals Many people use the words Ethics and Morality interchangeably. However, there is a difference between Ethics and …
A wise man much ahead of his time, Chanakya had made important observations about ethics. ‘Chanakya Neeti Shastra’ is a collection of statements, selected by Chanakya from the various shastras. Who is Chanakya? Chanakya (BC 371- BC 283) was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is …
When a child is born, doctors say, “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl.” The assigned sex of the new born is based on biology. But a person’s gender identity – the inner sense of being male, female, or both – doesn’t always match their biology. Transgender people are assigned …
Euthanasia (“good death”) is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. It is also known as ‘mercy killing’. In many countries, there is a divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical, and legal issues of euthanasia. Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary. …
We covered ‘Role of Civil Services in a Democracy‘ in our last post. Hope the overview is now clear. Civil Servants being permanent executives, they advise political executives. They also assist the ministers to formulate and execute policies. In this post, we shall see in particular the functions of an …
Indian state has three typical branches – Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Executive is responsible to Legislature while Legislature is responsible to people. By Executive here we meant Political Executive – the ministers. Political executives are not permanent, and in Indian scenario, since the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies are …
What exactly is Corporate governance? Before going deep into the topic, let’s first understand the structure of a company or corporation. There are a few entities which revolve around most companies and those include owners (shareholders), the board of directors, management and the stakeholders such as employees, suppliers, customers as …
Let’s have a quick look at the public service values. Of-course many values like Impartiality, Transparency, Courage of conviction, Probity, Accountability, Empathy towards weaker sections etc. are expected from a public servant, but let’s focus more on a few which UPSC had asked in Mains 2013. Integrity : The quality of being …
Crisis of Conscience and Voice of Conscience are two terms related with Ethical Decision Making. We are discussing this topic as UPSC Mains 2013 had a direct question related to this under GS4 (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) Paper. Qn : [A] What do you understand by the term ‘voice of …
Ethics Case Study No 4 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No: 4: Personal Ethics vs Professional Ethics [ClearIAS.com] Question: You are a strong religious believer since childhood and have been an active participant …
Ethics Case Study No 3 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No 3 : Change in Eligibility Criteria Question: You are the entrance exam commissioner for conducting Medical Entrance Tests. As per Government norms …
Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5) may contain direct, opinion judging questions apart from the case studies on ethics. An opinion evaluating question is given below on which the readers on ClearIAS.com can post comments. Qn: If bureaucrats did their duty, there would be no scams : Comment! …
Ethics Case Study No 2 by ClearIAS.com related to Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5): Readers can post answers in the comment-space provided. Ethics Case Study No 2 : Your Son In Trouble Question: You are in a top administrative position in a state. You have a loving …
Sevottam Model is a model proposed by 2nd ARC (Administrative Reforms Commission) for public Service Delivery. The word, Sevottam, is a combination of two Hindi words: ‘Seva’ (service) and ‘Uttam’ (excellence). Sevottam Model is now regarded as a standard model for providing services in citizen centric governance. The model is developed by …
Ethics Case Study : ClearIAS.com is starting a series of Case studies on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Civil Services Mains Paper 5). There will be opinion based as well as situation based questions. A few hints on the areas to be touched while answering the case study are provided. Readers can …
Sample Question Paper for Ethics (UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Paper 5) : UPSC has released sample questions for ethics paper – the newly introduced topic – for Civil Services Mains Exam. In Mains – ethics related questions come in Paper 5 (General Studies Paper 4). Candidates may please note that …
The General Studies IV Paper in UPSC Civil Services Main Exam checks the Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude of future civil servants. But aspirants are very much confused about how to prepare for the Ethics paper. In this post, let us understand how to study ethics paper of IAS Mains GS. …