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Laws Rules Regulations And Conscience As Ethical Guidance

Asked 8 times in UPSC Mains · first asked 2013 · last asked 2024 · 80 total marks

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The soul of the new law, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) is Justice, Equality and Impartiality based on Indian culture and ethos. Discuss this in the light of major shift from a doctrine of punishment to justice in the present judicial system.

2024GS-410 marks

Is conscience a more reliable guide when compared to laws, rules and regulations in the context of ethical decision making ? Discuss.

2023GS-410 marks

What is meant by 'crisis of conscience'? How does it manifest itself in the public domain?

2019GS-410 marks

What is meant by constitutional morality? How does one uphold constitutional morality?

2019GS-410 marks

Law and ethics are considered to be the two tools for controlling human conduct so as to make it conducive to civilized social existence. (a) Discuss how they achieve this objective. (b) Giving examples, show how the two differ in their approaches.

2016GS-410 marks

A mere compliance with law is not enough, the public servant also has to have a well-developed sensibility to ethical issues for effective discharge of duties." Do you agree? Explain with the help of two examples, where (i) an act is ethically right, but not legally and (ii) an act is legally right, but not ethically.

2015GS-410 marks

What do you understand by the term 'voice of conscience'? How do you prepare yourself to heed to the voice of conscience?

2013GS-410 marks

What is meant by 'crisis of conscience'? Narrate one incident in your life when you were faced with such a crisis and how you resolved the same.

2013GS-410 marks