GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Issues around economic inclusion are not just about income gaps, there are many dimensions of moral and ethical choices as well. Discuss.

Answered by 9 toppers · CSE 2016–2019

Syllabus: 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.

How toppers approached it

From 8 of the 9 answers · about 200 words · 25% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition50%
  • A figure25%
  • No separate opening25%

Body

  • Points63%
  • Points and prose25%
  • Continuous prose13%

Close

  • No separate close38%
  • A summary38%
  • A way forward25%

The toppers’ answers

Ajay JainAIR 12 · CSE 2019 · 187 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a figure

Recently, published OXFAM report, highlights that top 1% of the population benefitted for 50% of growth in the year 2002-2012. India still home to more than 300 million people below poverty line, which need to be included in middle class. Gini coffecient of India is further worsening (38%)

This rising inequality is not just about income gaps it against to various moral and ethical standards:

Body · points

a) Against the principle of equality, equity and justice

b) It compromises human dignity and respect

c) It is also against the humanism and social justice

d) It restrict their choices which is

against the principle of equal opportunity of constitution.

Overall, it affects the marginalised in various way, which is against the morality.

To reduce the income gaps we need to

a) Empower and positive discriminate the poors

b) Trusteeship and donation from well-off

c) Government has to regulate the market and has the responsibility of wealth circulation.

Close · a way forward

However, we can not reach to the situation where everyone has equal wealth, what is required is that a basic threshold above which everyone is place there by upholding the principle of equity

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