Hello all, I am Mudit Jain, XIPS, XIRS. Welcome to this first evaluation session of Maine's Ready by December program. Maine's Ready by December is our free for all initiative wherein we guide you with respect to Maine's preparation so that you can feel ready by the month of December that you are confident Now I have done my prelims, bring me the mains paper, I will write the answer for the mains.
That is our free for all initiative which we run on telegram, the link of which is available in the description section. So we give planners in this group, we give notes, materials, questions and then the students post their answers by the end of the day. And this is the first evaluation session of ethics answers written by such students. So, the first question on your screen is, one of the test of integrity is complete refusal to be compromised. Explain with reference to real life examples 150 words 10 marker question of ethics section A.
Any ethics section A question should be started with definition of keywords. So the keyword here is integrity and it has been rightfully started with definition of value. integrity so this is good aspect about this question now the person has I'll not of course name the student because that does not look good so what the person has now done is he has mentioned features with respect to uncompromised virtues of integrity and has written three or four points five points three liner each ticket and then there is a real life example one example that is stretched to eight nine lines and then there is a conclusion with a quote now let me tell you what ideally you should have had in this question this is fine that the answer has been started with integrity but the question started with one of the test of integrity So you not only have to mention various tests of integrity or you have to establish how integrity means complete refusal to being compromised but what are the other tests of integrity that also should have been mentioned. Further when there is a reference there is a direction that you have to give example so please trust me on this. Not just one example will work.
You have to write at least two examples. That I have guided throughout my courses to students as well that please make a habit of writing two examples in ethics paper. I have done that in four mains. I have cleared them all.
So you can trust me on this. That two examples are needed. Plus one more thing that I did not find right in this answer is that five. points are written and again only one example so two examples should have been there plus there is no diagram now as per me one diagram is equal to plus one mark and there are 11 to 12 different types of diagrams that can be easily drawn in ethics paper as we'll also see in coming answers but the question but the this particular answer does not have a diagram and hence this is not complete five points you You could have written four points.
Four points are more than enough in ethics paper. There should have been two examples. Examples should be of max three or four lines each, not more than that.
And that would have saved you enough space to draw any diagram. For example, you could have drawn a simple hub and spoke, other tests of integrity, and you could have drawn four spokes and mentioned other tests of integrity. And that would have made this answer a complete one. Okay. Let us now move on to the second structure or answer.
So this question reads, apart from innovativeness and creativity, a civil servant is also required to imbibe values of interdependence and adaptability. Imagine in light of evolving roles of civil servants in India. So now before moving on to the answer, let me tell you what ideally the structure should be. In the light of evolving role of civil servants, you have to tell how interdependence, adaptability, creativity and innovativeness are required.
and more focus should be on these two because the question says apart from this and this, these two are required. Now there are four keywords as also highlighted by this student, innovativeness, creativity, adaptability and interdependence. I cannot define all four and all four are equally important. But what I can do is I can relate them with foundational values chapter.
aptitude and foundational value so i'll give a generic introduction of foundational values of civil services or i can mention the evolving role of civil servants with in the introduction itself now let us see if the concerned student has addressed this demand or not the answer has started with definition of interdependence and then adaptability then you In the modern democratic institutions, civil servants deal with ample sector-like. So, better than this should have been. You will tell the traditional role of civil servants in one or two lines, not more than that. And then you will mention the current role. That the current role is not only restricted to policy implementation, but you give advices as policy formulators as well.
you are advisors on various policy formulations plus you are not a tax you are a tax facilitator now you are not a tax enforcer so the role is shifting towards facilitation role is shifting towards being advocate for the rights of the marginalized you could have mentioned that because the question says evolving role so i have to explain role evolve because it is I will tell you what is the role first, only then I will be able to tell you how the role is evolving. So that is not told in this aspect. Plus intro I think should have been written with respect to foundational values.
Because now you have picked two different values and defined them. But what about these two values, innovativeness and creativity, you have not defined them. Now let us see if these aspects are covered or not.
So the person has mentioned role of interdependence and adaptability in civil services and there are pointers there is one example two examples okay two three examples are there five points have been written the role of these two have been clubbed now what i would have done is so the question does not say that these two are not required till now i cannot see any answer with respect to these two so you even if the more focus is on adaptability and interdependence, I have to mention about innovativeness and creativity as well. The concerned student has missed the complete demand of the question because the entire focus are on these two values. I'll tell the traditional role, then I'll tell the evolving role, then I'll say I'll write one point for innovativeness, one point for creativity.
But as I already stated that more focus should be on this, I'll write two points each. I'll give example for this as well. I can give one example for interdependence, one example for adaptability and two points each. That would have met the complete demand of the question.
This can be treated as a diagram, but then that demand of the question is missing, as I already stated. This is the third question. What are the major teachings of Guru Nanak?
Explain their relevance in contemporary world. I remember this question was asked in latest mains, that is 2023 mains. So let us see if the structure that I will write is, of course, there are simple two parts of this question. I will write about the major teachings of Guru Nanak Ji in 3-4 points. If I have more teachings with me, then I can draw a diagram, maybe a hub and spoke or a flow chart diagram.
Then the second part of the question is, explain their relevance in contemporary world. So I will write the relevance with respect to the current happenings. Then only contemporary world will be explained.
Now let's see what he has written. He has started with a quote related to Guru Nanak Ji. Then guiding principles are, Okay, this is completely wrong way to write answer. answer have to be written in points and those two points should be in separate lines and not in a paragraph form this is as good as a paragraph i am not sure why this answer has been written in this manner it should be numbered in points now this is a 10 marker question easy one i can write three teachings And I can draw a diagram with respect to other teachings or I can draw a flow chart with respect to other teachings or there are other diagrams as well that can be drawn here.
So even though the points are right, this is not the correct way of presenting them. Then the relevance in contemporary world. OK, honest life, honesty in relationship at business, public life, workplace. Ticket is the generic point.
Equality, treating. Everyone equally irrespective of caste, creed, gender will foster humanity. The points appear to be generic.
What rather should be done is when it has asked you to explain the relevance in contemporary world, you should mention contemporary issues. For example, real life examples of corruption. There is a hoarding on the hill.
So I should link it with honest living and honest earning. That it is not in line with honest living and honest earning. In recent times, India has given budgetary support to countries like Maldives etc. You must have seen it in the budget.
So link it with donation, compassion and all. That we are giving budgetary support, aid, grants. So I wanted to write real life examples but I...
Cannot see real life examples in this answer. These are all generic keywords which have been molded in form of answer and again the diagram is missing. Okay, next is what do you understand by the term dedication to public service?
How is civil service different from other services? Okay, so there are two parts of question. First, what is dedication to public service? You will tell the meaning and you will explain it with one example. Because you only mention the meaning and move on to the next part, you have to explain it with help of one example at least.
And then you will tell the other part of the question that is how is civil service different from other services. So you have to mention couple of other services like say emergency responders, disaster management or health workers or fire department and so on. These are also other services and how they are different from civil services. per se civil servants.
So, the answer has been started with a quote. The answer is in paragraph and as I have told multiple times across my sessions and the videos available on YouTube, I have clearly specified that this is not the way to write answer. As you would also See on the screen that when you write answer in paragraph, you tend to digress from the demand of the question. Now here the definition has not come directly. Indirectly, the focus is on joy, comfort, eradicating issues etc.
Dedication to service has been asked. The exact definition of this has not come that as per this dedication to public service this happens. It is not the exact definition.
It starts with the court. So this is a problem. People think that they will write a court and then that will impress the examiner and the job will be done.
This is not the case in ethics. Treat it like any other GS paper. Stick to the demand of the topic and answer what has been asked rather than what you know, what you feel is right. The second part is how the civil services are different.
Uh, okay. differences in stakeholder format otherwise the accepted format is tabular differences like we used to do in schools ok opportunity to bring change difference in scope coverage high level of public support the points are generic as you can see because the concerned aspirant has failed to mention other services which services are you comparing with? It is not written there, but generic points are written. Opportunity to bring change is also there in other service.
Very high level of responsibility is also there in other service. Disaster management or fire safety services, health workers, responsibility is also there. You had to mention this in context of the civil services versus other services rather than generic points. So, demand of the question is not met here as well. Next is gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Bring out what it means to you in present context. These are quote based questions. In a court-based question, there is a chronological type of question which needs to be answered in the form of a chronology that is given in the question.
So, gratitude makes sense of our past will be my first part of the court, brings peace for today, second part of the court, past has become one part, today has become one part, and creates a vision for tomorrow. So, how gratitude affects the past, two points on that. How gratitude brings peace for today, 2 points or 1 point for that. And how it creates a vision for tomorrow, again 1 or 2 points for that.
And overall 2 examples need to be written with keywords and with diagrams. Okay, now let's see if keywords are written or not. Because keywords, I have not focused on keywords till now in the previous question.
Because it is still easy to write keywords in other questions. But in quote based questions, most people forget to write keywords. So, The keyword here is gratitude and rightfully he or she has started with definition of gratitude. It is a sense of thankfulness towards any psychological object.
Okay, the name of the thinker is also written. Very good. In present context, I am not able to understand what is written. as this gratitude also can give solutions to many almost all conflict of the world by gratifying its past today and tomorrow global south versus global north gratifying past ok so i can see that the spirit has divided the question in three parts like i was talking past present and future but you should have made separate headings for it. When there are two or three different parts in a question, you should make separate headings rather than writing randomly because the examiner is going to read your answer vertically.
Many toppers over the years have talked about it. So if this is the introduction, this is my part 1. And then I'll write two points of this. This is my part 2. So... My job is not just to write the answer.
My job is to ensure that my answer is such that everything is served on the platter to the examiner. Okay. So, just writing the answer will not work.
Still, they have divided it into at least three parts. After that, Global South vs Global North Division. Gratifying past. Making sense of geographical division.
Now, look here. Judge for yourself whether the points written here are self-explanatory or not. I am not sure how, in what context this has been written. Global South versus Global North.
And what is the context here in the ethics paper. So the answer is not self-explanatory. This is a view-based answer.
This is generally what happens in a view-based answer. I am writing something while thinking. and I am not able to explain that holistically on the answer sheet.
Now the view of the examiner and my view may or may not match. And this generally happens in applied ethics and code based questions. So keep it simple, keep it relevant.
Write one part of past, then one of present and one of future. Write generic points in that. Try to link it with current affairs, examples and all to prove your views.
I am not sure what is the view that is taken by the aspirant. It is written well, but you could not explain that view. So, let us read the next answer. What are the basic principles of public life?
Illustrate any three of these with suitable examples. Again, a PYQ based question. Principle of public life, if you have studied, you should have a direct NOLAD click in your mind. There are seven principles.
Selflessness, openness, objectivity. Honesty, accountability, integrity and leadership. So, you need to explain these 7 principles directly. Then you have to explain only 3 of the 7 principles with suitable examples. So, whatever 3 principles you have, write recent examples of those 3. Rather than cliche age old examples.
Because this is a very simple question. Anybody can answer it. Now, how to create difference in your answer? How to get that comparative?
Edge Order this is You will be able to do that only if you present something unique, something X factor in your answer. Otherwise, everybody will get 3, 3.5 or 4 marks in this question. I want to get 5 or 5.5 or maybe 6 out of 10. So, I have to give something unique. Now, let us see if the aspirant has written something unique or not.
Public life is aspect of life which occurs in public, that is in open. He has given the definition of public life. Good. There are 7 principles, NOLAN committee has written 7 principles, good. Now, what are the basic principles of public life, I asked, it was a separate part only, that's why so much space was occupied.
Otherwise, this does not look fine, that I take so much space in just one word. Rather what you should have done here is, when you have to make a simple diagram in every question, draw 7 spokes or draw a mind map. You could have told the principles as well. One page would have been two pages.
Diagram of diagram and text of text would have been one. So this is a missed opportunity here in this answer with respect to drawing a diagram. Now they would have told three principles.
Selflessness is told with example. Example. See age old example.
So I am not saying that this example is not relevant. But then there is no x factor in this example. This is why. This is what I already stated that you have to give something new to the examiner. If I am an examiner and I have already checked 100 copies in day, I am sure these age-old examples will be mentioned in 30-40 copies.
So, how I will be interested? How I will end up giving more marks to the candidate if the examples are not new? Now, let us see example for objectivity.
I have given the definition. After that, Now this is a current affair example. Maybe a current affair or a hypothetical. But at least something new has been written in this example.
On honesty, we have given the example of whistleblower. You could have written other examples for honesty as well. Particularly from current affairs. And lastly, conclusion. See, a diagram has been missed.
And this was the opportunity to draw the diagram. So you have to train your mind. to be able to draw diagrams.
I have tried it a lot in my courses and all that my students should make diagrams and that is what is going to make difference in your answers. What is the process of strengthening moral values? Does strengthening moral values help in character building?
Okay, now what should generally happen? Whenever the question comes about character, you should try to link it with virtue ethics. Virtue ethics or character, it is written in virtue ethics that one should focus on imbibing character traits rather than mere principles of laws and justice. So, if I am able to map character with virtue ethics, virtue ethics has four cardinal virtues. What are the four cardinal virtues?
Justice, fortitude, temperance and prudence. So, I will be able to write a very good answer of ethics. If in this question I am able to map these four values with character building.
Now let us see what process the concerned aspirant has followed. So moral values is a keyword here. Moral values has been defined in the introduction. Okay.
Where process of strengthening moral values is separate heading. Very good. Separate heading. As I told you, the answer will be read vertically.
Process of strengthening moral values, first point is written, begins with family socialization, ok, given as an example. Then teachers as guiding force, given as an example. After that use of reinforcements and punishment, this is from Kolberg theory, reinforcement and punishment, from Kolberg moral development theory.
Exposure to positive role models, ok, given as an example. 5 points, ok, 5th point is necessary. necessity nahi di ya pe if you have written four points with one example each that is more than enough and anyway this should have been a rider ke mera pehla page khatab ho gaya let me stop now let me now deal with the second part of the question kyuki api tak diagram bhi nahi aaya hai the overall vesey theek hai but yeh me aapko brief idea de raha hu that you should know when to stop a particular part of answer Now, the second part should start here. Does strengthening moral values help in character building?
Now, let's see what he is doing. He has written this in Para. And this is the conclusion.
This is in itself one part of answer. And this was one part of answer, which was taken to answer 1 part and then only half a page, less than half a page has been written on second part. So the demand of the question has not been met holistically. Even though the answer was very good for the first part, the aspirant has failed to meet the demand of the question holistically. And this answer won't fetch you more than 3, 3.5 marks.
because second part answer is not correct now what is written in second part let me read out strengthening moral values definitely helps in character building as individual with strong morality be it acquired through experience or inherited will be reflected in their attitude, decision making, relationships and in overall behavior so four points have been written four benefits of Morals, if there are morals then how will the character be strong? Only 4 points, it will reflect in attitude, decision, relationship and in overall behavior. This is a generic relationship established, you are still left to prove it.
And how will the behavior be, that is also not written. Or how will the attitude be, that is also not written. It will reflect in attitude, that is written.
Now next part is, it helps in taking tough and right decisions during ethical dilemma using moral reasoning and moral courage therefore keeping the individual with moral reasoning moral courage keywords crisis of conscience keyword but the answer is in para and the answer is not clear this is what happens when you write answer in paragraph now instead of it imagine if i had written four points that yes moral development helps in character building because It ensures following. First, justice. Second, temperance. Third, prudence.
What they have written here, that it helps in taking tough and right decisions, this is nothing but prudence. In a sense, the answer already uses what I told in the beginning itself. But then I am writing it explicitly. I am serving it on the platter to the examiner. and this is what is required in UPSC.
So, I will write 4 points, 1 point each and then for any of them or maybe a combined example in the end. So, example is also missing in this part of answer. This is not going to fetch you more than 3 marks even if you have written decent keywords and all.
Next is if a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds i strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference they are the father the mother and the teacher yeah if i remember it correctly this was asked in 2017 mains and this question was repeated in 21 or 22 as well exact question has been asked twice by upsc if i remember this correctly so The question, the keyword here is, actually the question is from a topic. That is role of parents, role of school, role of teachers in value development. This is the topic of syllabus.
It is directly from book from human values chapter. You will get this topic in any book. Now what you have to do is, you will split the question in three parts and you will write the role.
What is the role of the father? What is the role of the mother? What is the role of the teacher? To ensure that the country is of beautiful minds and it is corruption free. So I will explain the role of the father in one point and I will then link it with the demand of the topic.
That how if a father does his role perfectly, then the country will be of beautiful mind and corruption free. If the mother does the role honestly, then... the nation will be of beautiful minds and corruption free. As is similarly with teacher and I'll write one example either for each. If I am able to have different unique examples from current affairs or from historical evident personalities, I'll write one example of a good father, good mother, good teacher.
Otherwise, if you do not have unique examples, you can write two generic examples in the end. Now, let us see what this aspirant has done. So Milton Rockets used Kara.
To define what is values even though value is not a direct keyword in the question But yeah keywords a link current unity care nothing wrong in it role of parents who they pop club curdier So this is what I told in the beginning K Role of father and role of mother or role of parents with love cut there and generally when you do that You only end up writing with respect to role of mother. Father will be ignored in this. Most likely this will happen in this answer too.
I haven't read the answer yet. Let us find out whether this has happened or not. So role of parents.
Mother is the first point. To be a disciplined person if father is disciplined. Thank God it is written about father here. Otherwise it happens.
Now what I'll rather do is I'll divide it in two parts. Rather than writing them separately. I am very happy to see this example.
This is an example that I gave in my module as well. UP boat topper, the girl was trolled on social media. But the other day or in two days time, the girl stated that the issue did not affect her. Because she has been brought up as such, that such issues do not matter to her. I am happy to see this example here.
In the role of teachers, leadership qualities, courtelia, curricular activities, confidence in children. But, now see, it is not linked to the demand of questions. How, where is corruption addressed in this question? Let us now find that.
So, mother is first teacher, corruption is not addressed. Then, to be a disciplined person, discipline is still, but directly. on the platter, serving on the platter, corruption or beautiful mind has not been addressed.
Giving inner peace to person, here also corruption has not been addressed. Talk, discussion to solve any problem, corruption, beautiful mind not addressed. Teach leadership qualities, not addressed. Learn through curricular activities, again games etc. Generic answers are there.
What this aspirant has basically done is, notes te theory se uthaya, three key societal member you have written generate points with respect to the societal members let us see the next question describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methodology particularly to the vulnerable section of the society okay again a question this is a applied ethics based question that was asked in mains a tough question because highly likely that if you are not aware about how to answer applied ethics questions you will end up writing generic answer here you will make answer of GS2 rather than GS4 this question has been asked in ethics I want ethics in answer or else marks will not come or I have already predicted that there will be at least 5 or 6 questions of applied ethics in 2024 mains because 2023 paper was completely theoretical 9 out of 13 questions were directly from any given theory It was very easy paper so this time it will be tough in 24 and this has been the cycle that UPSC has followed. Odd even year cycle is happening. If you have analyzed last 5 years you will know that 1 year theoretical comes and 1 year applied ethics comes.
Now you will get applied ethics question. So let us see what is the answer of applied ethics here. Vulnerable section of society were benefited as well as trapped by online methodology.
Very generic introduction. Very generic. This is not the sort of introduction that is expected in ethics answer. Now let me first tell you what I'll write in this answer. Trust me, I have not seen the answer.
I have not seen the answer. I am discussing it live. So, describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in use of online methodology, particularly to the vulnerable section of society.
Online methodology. Now let me try to bring an implicit keyword here. What is online methodology?
E-governance. E-governance is part of your syllabus. It is exclusively mentioned as part of syllabus in ethics paper E-governance.
So I'll start my answer with E-governance and I'll link it with online methodology. So what I'll say is E-governance makes use of online methodology to ensure that even the last man standing in the last row is being served or to ensure that Our society is such that no one falls through the cracks of society and voices of even the marginalized are heard in line with Bible traditions. So what happened?
I have not only integrated the syllabus, I have integrated the keyword mentioned here, online methodology and I have also integrated a religious theme that is Bible ethics. So now you can compare yourself how different is that introduction from the generic introduction. Now let us see the points, describe and discuss ethical issues. So you have to mention ethical issues of online methodology, particularly to the vulnerable section of society.
Impact of online methodology on tribals, on rural people or is there anything with respect to caste and class online methodology, whether it is excluding them, old senior citizens, women. or children. These are the vulnerable sections of society.
So you have to try to bring them in answer somewhere or other. Let us see. Sometimes the application of which committed to provide best quality product distracted and harmed the person with less knowledge by providing false.
I am not able to make sense. But overall gist is clear but the sentence is not making any sense as such. The data of online methodology is not much protected. So using data of vulnerable section, the hackers tend to cause...
Okay, I am not able to read. I have understood that this is about data protection. Here it is about quality and maybe about digital illiteracy. But till now I have not been able to find keywords in the answer.
Online teaching and learning benefited a lot to vulnerable section as they avail the facility of best teaching. Besides, it is also true that they lost their habit of meeting different people and can become deviated from path of morality, righteousness in the heart. Some become addicted to more online causing eye damage.
This is very... This is unacceptable point in ethics paper. You cannot write such generic points in ethics paper.
Online methodology makes self-sufficient and unsocial. What I'll rather write in this question is, How is online methodology able to serve utilitarianism or not? Whether it is serving the principle of last man standing in the last row or not?
I'll write keywords like Online bias, digital bias, stereotypes, prejudice. These are part of your syllabus. Stereotypes and prejudice, I have taught them in attitude class.
So stereotypes or prejudice will be one point. One point will be utilitarian. You can write about privacy, piracy. You can write about digital theft, online abuse, cyber trolling, etc.
You can write in this answer. But I cannot see any such keyword so far. The... This is the challenge with respect to applied ethics question.
If you write generic answers, you will not get marks and there is no diagram as well. So try to integrate ethics even in applied ethics question. I am expecting 4 to 5 questions in 2024 weeks.
Next is attitude is little thing that makes a big difference with respect to Successful implementation of government schemes. Okay. So, attitude is small in itself, it is not that important.
But it can make huge difference with respect to implementation of government scheme. What I can do is, I can divide it in two parts. Where negative attitude led to poor implementation of a scheme. And where positive attitude led to good implementation of scheme. So positive attitude not only with respect to bureaucrats but also citizens.
Negative attitude not just with respect to bureaucrats but citizens as well. So now I can have two parts of question. I can write two points each. In which one point will be bureaucratic attitude. One point will be civilian attitude.
And I can write a good example as well. For example when the demonetization policy was brought. It was brought with good intentions.
But then the public in the beginning was very hesitant. It was averse to the policy. That was because of negative attitude.
So negative attitude created hurdles in implementation of policy in the beginning. Whereas now in the positive example you can mention about good implementation of Swachh Bharat scheme that the government tried to change not only the behavior but also the attitude of the masses and it clearly reflects in good implementation of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in cities like Indore which is stopping such survey from the last 5, 6, 7 years. I gave you two examples. Two parts are done.
Very easily this question can be answered. Attitude is a keyword that has to be defined in introduction. Now let us see what is the answer.
Attitude is evaluation of particular. Keyword is defined. Attitude of a state.
The answer is in paragraph. Let us read, if a state's attitude is streamlined with democratic attitude, then it will treat their people as They don't write short forms like this in paper. Important stakeholders and will make them active participant in governance.
It will understand what people want and what their actual needs. and applicability in that particular socio-economic settings or example that the answer is fine but then it is in paragraph still it is fine or example with respect to successful schemes like this this this it is schemes you could have written only one or two this is not gs paper these schemes knowledge actually it is waste of space nothing else This is a waste of space. It has no role in your answer. If you have told ethics keywords, you have written one or two examples, that is more than enough. The examiner understands that you have met the demand of the question.
This is actually not the demand that I write various schemes. This is not GS2. After that, bureaucratic attitude.
First it was above, they linked it with democratic attitude. Then bureaucratic attitude. These are the keywords of previous year questions. I guess this question was asked in 2014 or 15. What is difference between bureaucratic and democratic attitude?
Now, it is written here, bureaucratic attitude. It is just the mirror of state's attitude towards policies and programs. But successful implementation also depends on administrators'fine balance with moral attitude. Like, okay, I understood the points.
But still, see, the issue with writing answer in paragraph, you are... digressing from the demand if i if i had written this in points form i would have straight away started with the point that i want to mention and hence i'll be able to write two good points with one example because i will not digress from the demand of that question overall the approach is fine democratic versus bureaucratic attitude but civilian aspect the aspects that have been largely written are with respect to bureaucrats. You could have divided this in two parts, like I had told, that tell one positive, tell one negative, and overall the approach is fine. Last is, Human beings should always be treated as in themselves and never as means explain the meaning and significance of this statement giving its implication in modern techno-economic society again.
A previous year question, applied ethics based question. So this is a applied ethics based question that has to be linked with theory. Now after reading this question, it should click in your mind that CI2 that is the categorical imperative 2 of Kant says the same thing. And Now that I know that it is written in CI2, I will mention the keywords of theory here.
So, in this answer CI2 should come, in this answer Kant will come, in this answer keywords of that theory will come. Inherent worth, inherent rights by being human etc. etc. such keywords should come in this. Now let us see that it has not come.
Okay, intro is good. Intro is started with Immanuel Kant encapsulates ethical principles that individual should be respected. CI2 is not written here.
They have just written that above statement is by Immanuel Kant. Here categorical imperatives should have come. And here specifically it should have come that this is CI2. Now the second part of the question.
that explain the meaning and significance then implication in modern techno-economic society so significance of treating as ends and not means very good usage of diagram theory ka theory ho gaya pura part address ho gaya significance ka aur apne keywords bhi aagaya diagram bhi ho gaya good next is the last part of the question that is implication of above statement in modern techno-economic society so child labor tech used to exploit child labor for economic gains children mining cobalt for there are n number of technological things that could have been written here like surrogacy abortion or even euthanasia The digital medium, social media, that is also a technological sphere where humans are used as means rather than ends. So rather than trying to integrate child labour, which is very far-fetched to be honest in this answer, you could have used a simpler point. After this, factory working conditions, caste-based discrimination. I am not sure.
My view and your view are not matching. You have written points, I can see keywords. But these are too far-fetched.
I could have written the answer very easily. Like I told you about spheres. You could have written about economics sphere 2 points and one good example.
Anyway, if you count the words. that you have used, I am sure you have crossed the word limit of 150 It will be crossed on this page, I am 100% sure There is no space whatsoever left in your answer and I am sure you have taken more than 7 minutes to write this and the word limit has been crossed as well because, why I am so sure about it because if you follow this approach this is the introduction of 30 words then a heading then two points of two line each one example of two line then the second part of the question that is second heading one and two points example two diagram and a conclusion this itself takes 140 to 150 words 15 to 20 words 15 to 20 words 15 to 20 words example again 15 to 20 so 15 to 20 into 6 is 90 to 120 words of 90 to 120 words will be occupied in four points and two examples plus 30 plus 30 yeah scale so 90 plus 60 is 150 so even in this approach even if i am taking only the lower side of it 150 words will be completed in this, so I am 100% sure that it is crossing 250-300. So, however good the answer appears to be, I am sure you know about the penalty marks as well.
That UPSC gives penalty marks in maids paper for crossing word limits, for revealing your identity etc. So, overall I discussed 11-12 answers. In few of the answers I could find relevant points, keywords, diagrams have largely been missed out and unfortunately those who have drawn diagrams they have not been able to meet demand of the question. Those who have met the demand of the question they have not drawn diagrams and have not written new and relevant examples. So ethics appears to be a low-hanging fruit but then as you would have seen it here it is not that easy as it appears to be.
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