Examine the concerns about privacy issues with Digital India programme.

Digital India is the umbrella program of various initiatives that was launched in 2015 to make India a digitally empowered society. The initiatives under Digital India include all departments and ministries within its scope. Implementation is monitored and overseen by ..

2017 Mock Test 8 – GS-IV: Ethics Case Study – 6

The first option in my opinion is the best option as it is fair and impartial. However, the demerit of this option is as follows. The first rule of any enquiry is that the person direct or indirectly involved with ..

Should there be a legal backing to "sting operations"? Justify your stand in ethical perspective.

There are various moral questions related to sting operation or investigative / undercover journalism such as violation of privacy; trust; inducing a person to commit something wrong including a crime. I think legal backing as well as legal regulation is ..

"Although Right to Privacy has not been mentioned explicitly in Part-III of the constitution, yet it has established itself as a fundamental right enforceable against state."Explain.

Right to privacy has obtained a status of fundamental right enforceable under Article 21 of the Constitution subject to reasonable restrictions on the basis of public interest (Govinda Vs State of Madhya Pradesh).  Kharak Singh’s case (1964), Govind v State ..

There are times in our professional life when we come under temptation and coercion, which might risk us to compromise our ethical commitments.(a)The public servants are vulnerable to what kind of temptations and coercion? (b)As a future civil servant, how do you prepare yourself against such temptation and coercion?

Public servants enjoy immense powers and responsibility. Right from lower levels to higher level each individual has some discretionary power. For instance a bank manager of government bank has powers to sanction loans, officers at district level have to implement ..

Socrates says in Euthyphro that the holy or pious is holy or pious because it is loved by the gods.a. What do you understand by this statement of Socrates?b. Do you agree with his argument? Why?

In Euthyphro, the statement that the holy or pious is holy or pious because it is loved by the gods means that what is viewed as morally good is morally good because it is commanded by all the gods. Hence, ..

"Success of democracy is based on civil society organisations and the legitimacy of political organisations."Discuss giving reference to democratic transition in Tunisia. What lessons in this context India can learn? Opine.

Civil society includes the organized groups and institutions that are independent of the state, voluntary, and self-generating, and self-reliant to some extent. These types of societies include NGOs, independent mass media, think tanks, universities, and different social and religious groups. ..

Our conscience reflects the interaction between our inner sense of responsibility, internalisation of parental or family norms and internal assessment of our personal integrity. Critically analyze this statement.

Conscience is the inner sense of right and wrong that enables us to discern moral choices freely. Although an inner sense of right and wrong is part of our nature as human beings, our conscience is formed or shaped by ..