Mains 2025 • GS-IV • Q.8

Mains • GS-IV • 2025 • Q.8

Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

(a) Can deforestation be ethically justified in the pursuit of social welfare objectives like, housing for the homeless? (b) What are the socio-economic, administrative and ethical challenges in balancing environmental conservation with human development? (c) What substantial alternatives or policy interventions can be proposed to ensure that both environmental integrity and human dignity are protected?

2025 Mains • GS-IV

Q.7 Q.9

Syllabus Connection

Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values. (GS-IV)

NCERT Connection

Ch.3: Environment and Society

Sociology • Class 11 • Understanding Society

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