GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

When people use a common resource without a coordinated plan the result is often a tragedy of the commons in which the resource is depleted. In this context, discuss the various ethical challenges arising out of utilization of Global Commons.

Answered by 12 toppers · CSE 2020–2021

Syllabus: Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.

How toppers approached it

From all 13 answers · about 160 words · 38% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition46%
  • No separate opening38%
  • A quotation8%
  • A restatement8%

Body

  • Points69%
  • Points and prose31%

Close

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  • No separate close23%
  • A quotation8%

The toppers’ answers

Shubham KumarAIR 1 · CSE 2020 · 172 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

Economic growth largely depends upon the exploitation of resources.

When common resource like forests, rivers, air, land resource etc are utilized without any common and cordinated plan it leads to over exploitation of resources.

Eg → Currently maximum of our rivers like Ganga, Yamuna etc are polluted.

Similary in British area → exploitation of forest led to decrease in forest cover drastically.

Now impact our air quality and water quality.

Global commons are Air, transboundary rivers, antarctic, ozone layer, space, international water etc.

Exploitation led to

Body · points and prose

(i) Global warming (ii) Rise in sea level (iii) Disputes in international water (iv) competition in space (v) ozone hole

Ethical challenges :-

  • who owns global commons? No country ∴ No one should make it worse such that other country get impacted. Eg → Climate change is happening because of actions by developed country in last 150 years → now it is bringing disaster and climate refugees in developing & least developed countries
  • Ensuring that every country coordinate well is itself an ethical challenge.

Close · no separate close

None written.

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