GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury". Explain the statement giving one example each from personal and public life.

Answered by 8 toppers · CSE 2016–2019

Dimensions of EthicsEthics in Private and Public LifeAccountability and Ethical GovernanceIntegrity

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 all 8 answers · about 180 words.

Opening

  • No separate opening75%
  • A quotation25%

Body

  • Continuous prose50%
  • Points and prose38%
  • Points13%

Close

  • No separate close50%
  • A summary25%
  • A way forward25%

The toppers’ answers

Namrata JainAIR 12 · CSE 2018 · 164 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

As Gandhiji says - the person who does not acts against injustice is also wrong. Similarly the inactions against the wrongs are equally unethical and are promoting the wrong behaviour as the action unethical and corrupt taken by an official/person/individual.

Body · points and prose

Ex: A person earning his income by unfair means (Black money) & trade taxes: - by his actions, he erode the entire's nations wealth as well as the confidence of the tax payer. And the inaction of the officials against him gives him/her

courage of further such actions as well as the honest tax payers money and tax paying is not rewarded by not taking action.

Similarly in Personal life :

The inaction against the neighbour who beats his wife, it is the responsibility to help and inform the case to the authority. This inaction is also an evil similar to the evil by supporting (indirectly) the violence against the women.

Close · a way forward

Thus, the individual should take action against the wrongs setting the right precedent.

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