GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Maintaining traditional bonds and familial relationships in an increasingly globalized world requires personal relationships to be governed by ethical principles. Discuss.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2020–2024

Ethics in Private and Public LifeFamily, Society and EducationHuman Values

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.

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Madhav AgarwalAIR 16 · CSE 2024 · 157 wordsTheir whole copy

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Globalised world has not only impacted our economic lives but also impacted our social institutions in multiple ways.

Need of ethical principles to maintain familial and traditional bonds:

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  1. Need tolerance and adjustment to arrest the breakdown of joint families which are turning nuclear due to westernisation, etc.

  2. Need loyalty to arrest the cheating in personal relationships where personal needs must not triumph a social bond.

  3. There must be enough 'liberty' for

Other person to become uniquely while being part of relationship (eg): allow women to grow on their own feet.

(4) Need evolution and adopt a changing mindset to walk hand in hand with time (eg): Democratic parenting is needed rather than autocratic in most cases.

Ways to foster ethics: → Spending time together in quality sense → Role Modelling by elders for the young ones.

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Our familial bonds act as our strength & need to be preserved in today's fragmented and globalised world.

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