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1 Introduction to Ethics DEFINITIONS OF ETHICS TWO ASPECTS OF MORALS COMMON CONCEPTS USED IN EXPLAINING HUMAN ACTIONS CHARACTER IN ETHICS MODEL OF MORAL DECISION MAKING ETHICAL IDEALS IN LIFE ETHICS BASED ON THEORY OF EVOLUTION EXPOSITION OF ETHICS MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICAL THOUGHT CONTENTS OF THE BOOK 2 ChallengestoEthicsand Moral Accountability INTRODUCTION SCEPTICAL DOCTRINES PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM ETHICAL EGOISM MORAL RELATIVISM AND MORAL OBJECTIVISM MORAL SUBJECTIVISM CULTURAL RELATIVISM DETERMINISM AND HUMAN FREE WILL DETERMINANTS OF MORALITY RESPONSIBILITY OF MORAL AGENTS CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN ACTIONS 3 Western Moral Thinkers SOCRATES PLATO Summary of Plato’s Philosophy Summary of Epicurean Philosophy Summary of Kantian Philosophy Summary of Natural Law Ethics Summary 4 Ethical Ideas in Indian Philosophical Tradition HINDUISM BHAGAVAT GITA MORAL CRITERIA AND CONCEPTS JAINISM BUDDHISM GANDHIAN ETHICS 5 Lessonsfromthe Lives of Great Indian Leaders, Reformers and Administrators INTRODUCTION AND APPROACH HUMAN VALUES VIVEKANANDA RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA SRI AUROBINDO RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY DAYANANDA SARASWATI NARAYANA GURU SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE KAUTILYA GURU RAVIDAS GURU NANAK TIRUVALLUVAR 6 Sources ofEthical Guidance:INTRODUCTION CONSCIENCE EMPIRICAL CONCEPTION OF CONSCIENCE PRESENT INDIAN CONTEXT MORAL CHANGE 7 Ethical Qualities through the Lenses of Sages and Great Thinkers INTRODUCTION KINDNESS FORGIVENESS SELF-CONTROL AND GOOD TEMPER (ANGER)FORTITUDE COWARDICE EMPATHY ALTRUISM TRUTHFULNESS POWER AND MORALITY PRUDENCE TEMPERANCE HUMILITY GOLDEN RULE LIST OF VICES ENVY SLOTH AVARICE LUST CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CASE 7 CASE 8 8 Ethical Reasoning and Moral Dilemmas INTRODUCTION CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CASE 7 9 Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct INTRODUCTION CODES OF ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT CODES AND LAWS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY CODES OF CONDUCT FOR CIVIL SERVANTS CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CODE OF ETHICS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS 10 Individual Ethics of Civil Servants INTRODUCTION PERSONALITY DIVISIONS AND ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY THEORIES OF PERSONALITY “BIG 5” PERSONALITY TRAITS CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY PERSONAL QUALITIES PERSPECTIVE OF VIRTUE ETHICS GOODNESS OF CHARACTER TYPES OF VIRTUES CIVIL SERVICE ETHICS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY COMMUNITARIANISM ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY 11 Code of Conduct for Ministers INTRODUCTION FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR ETHICAL STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY NOLAN COMMITTEE CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 12 INTRODUCTION DEFINING CORRUPTION CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 ROOTS OF CORRUPTION CAUSES OF CORRUPTION CURBING COLLUSIVE CORRUPTION ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES FOR CURBING CORRUPTION HOW CORRUPTION COMES TO LIGHT 13 Fight against Corruption: Current Issues INTRODUCTION ISSUES REGARDING CORRUPTION 14 Multi-pronged Approach to Reducing Corruption INTRODUCTION APPROACHES TO REDUCING CORRUPTION 15 Lokpal HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF LOKPAL RECENT DEVELOPMENTS MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT LOKPAL’S JURISDICTION CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES 16 The Right to Information Act BACKGROUND RTI ACT LANDMARK JUDGMENTS BY CIC THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT RTI VICTIMS PROTECTION FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS WORKING OF RTI ACT 17 Citizen’s Charter INTRODUCTION THE INDIAN SCENARIO ASPECTS OF A CITIZEN’S CHARTER LET US JOIN HANDS IN MAKING THIS CHARTER A SUCCESS!18 Utilisation of Public INTRODUCTION BUDGET FUND UTILISATION AUDIT OF EXPENDITURE PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL ON EXPENDITURE CONCLUSION 19 Corporate Governance INTRODUCTION STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES OF COMPANIES CASE 1 CASE 2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE COMPANIES ACT CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 20 Attitudes ATTITUDE CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 LEARNING THEORY OF ATTITUDE CHANGE CASE 7 CASE 8 CASE 9 CASE 10 CASE 11 CASE 12 SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION 21 Political Attitudes INTRODUCTION THE POLTICIAL SPECTRUM POLITICAL CHANGE RADICALISM LIBERALISM MODERATES CONSERVATISM REACTIONARIES IDEOLOGY COMMUNISM SOCIALISM ANARCHISM FASCISM HOW DO PEOPLE CHOOSE IDEOLOGIES?CONNECTING POLITICAL ATTITUDES TO INDIAN CONTEXTS SOME CONTROVERSIES PROBLEMS OF AN IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH HOW TO ANALYSE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES?22 Modern Ethical Conundrums CLONING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ANIMAL RIGHTS TERRORISM, STATE ACTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS 23 Emotional Intelligence INTRODUCTION BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CASE 7 CASE 8 CASE 9 CASE 10 CASE 11 24 International Morality INTRODUCTION SOVEREIGNTY NATION AND STATE INTERNATIONAL MORALITY THEORIES OF IR E. H. CARR’S CHALLENGE TO UTOPIAN IDEALISM NEOLIBERALISM POSTMODERNISM FEMINISM TENETS OF INTERNATIONAL MORALITY: UN CHARTER JUST WAR THEORIES PACIFISM NEW DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL MORALITY FOREIGN AID DURING THE COLD WAR POVERTY REDUCTION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT MODELS MORAL ROOTS OF INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY COSMOPOLITANISM IN MORALS INTERVENTION IN OTHER NATIONS 25 Case Studies INTRODUCTION 26 Glossary of Terms (b) Ecocentrism (c) Deep Ecology 27 Solved Papers (2013-17)INTRODUCTION TIPS FOR TACKLING THEORY QUESTIONS 2013 Paper SECTION A : ANSWERS TO THEORY QUESTIONS SECTION B : ANSWERS TO CASE STUDIES 2014 Paper SECTION A : ANSWERS TO THEORY QUESTIONS SECTION B : ANSWERS TO CASE STUDIES 2015 Paper SECTION A : ANSWERS TO THEORY QUESTIONS SECTION B : ANSWERS TO CASE STUDIES 2016 Paper SECTION A : ANSWERS TO THEORY QUESTIONS SECTION B : ANSWERS TO CASE STUDIES 2017 Paper SECTION A : ANSWERS TO THEORY QUESTIONS SECTION B : ANSWERS TO CASE STUDIES