Aspirant Forum presents the Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (GS-4) for the UPSC examinations. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude are a part of the General Studies Paper 4 (GS-4) of the IAS Mains Examination. If covered properly, this section can be a well scoring part of the paper.
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| Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude |
| 1. Ethics & Human Interface |
- Dimension of Ethics
- Role of Society in Inculcating Values
- Value Education
- Applied Ethics
- Human Values
- Ethics in Public and Private Life
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| 2. Attitude |
- Political and Moral Attitude
- Attitude, Thought and Behaviour
- Social Influence
- Persuasion
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| 3. Aptitude for Civil Services |
- Aptitude
- Integrity
- Impartiality, Objectivity and Non-Partisanship
- Dedication to public services
- Empathy, Tolerance and Compassion towards Weaker Sections
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| 4. Emotional Intelligence |
- Emotional Intelligence
- Utility and application of Emotional Intelligence
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| Moral Thinkers and Philosophers |
| 1. Moral thinkers from India |
- Dharma
- Purushartha
- Varnashrama Dharma
- Sadharana Dharma
- Ashram Dharma
- Ethics of Upanishads
- Dharmashastras & Itihasas
- The Theory of Karma
- Indian Philosopher
- Gautama Buddha:
- Chanakya/Kautilya
- Thiruvalluvar
- Swami Vivekananda
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Amartya Sen
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| 2. Ethics in Western Philosophy |
- Earliest Understanding of Ethics
- Virtue Ethics of Aristotle
- Aristotle’s Eudemonia:
- Aristotle’s Virtue
- Ethics as Natural Law
- Problem of Omnipotence of God:
- Challenge to Christian Ethics – Problem of Free will
- Legalistic view of Ethics
- Hobbes Legalism
- Deontological Ethics of Kant
- Three Formulations of Categorical imperative:
- Kant’s Criticism
- Meta Ethical Theories:
- The positivist approach of Emile Durkheim (1857-1917)
- Morris Ginsberg’s “On the Diversity of Morals”
- Consequentialism & Utilitarianism
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jeremy Bentham (1748)
- JS Mill (1860-1873)
- Discourse Ethics
- Self-Actualization
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| 3. Civil Service Values |
- Public Service
- Public Service Ethics
- Public service values vs Public Service ethics
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| 4. Ethics in Public Administration |
- Public Interest
- Rule of Law
- Stewardship
- Fairness
- Confidentiality
- Loyalty
- Conflict of interest
- Importance of public service values and ethics
- Status and problems in public service ethics and values
- Guiding Principles in Public Service Ethics
- Principles of Managing Ethics
- Strategies for Promoting Values and Ethics
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