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"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil." - Hannah Arendt
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Dimensions of EthicsWorld Thinkers
To have seen what is right and not to do it is want of courage. (Confucius). Discuss.
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World ThinkersDimensions of Ethics
What does each of the following quotations convey to you in present context? (a) "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."- David Hume (b) "The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy."- Martin Luther King Jr. (c) "In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place." - Mahatma Gandhi.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Indian ThinkersWorld Thinkers
"Good government...depends...(on) the qualities of the human beings composing the society over which the government is exercised." J S Mill
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World ThinkersFamily, Society and Education
“Work is worship, but laughter is life. Anyone who takes life too seriously must prepare himself for a miserable existence. Anyone who greets joys and sorrows with equal facility can really get the best of life.” Sardar Patel.
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Human ValuesIndian Thinkers
The Russia-Ukraine war has led to nations applying economic sanctions on Russia. Discuss the ethical dilemmas involved in this situation. 5(b) "War and peace are constructs of the mind." Comment.
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World ThinkersIndian Thinkers
Socrates' quote: "The only thing I know is that I know nothing." Discuss.
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World ThinkersHuman Values
Compare and contrast Kant's notion of duty with Gandhi's idea of non-violence in the context of administrative responsibility.
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World ThinkersIndian Thinkers
Discuss what the following quotes mean to you. "It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak." - JS Mill
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
World ThinkersDimensions of Ethics
"It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak." J S Mill
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
World ThinkersDimensions of Ethics
Given below are three quotations of great thinkers. What do each of these quotations convey to you in the present context? (a) "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others." Adam Smith
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
World ThinkersHuman Values
Thomas Hobbes says that men is inherently bad & he needs to be regulated - otherwise turmoil in society. But, human have found ways of being cunning & finding their way by hook or by crook. Why they've become wolves?
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World ThinkersDimensions of Ethics