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GS Paper IV

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

Subjects & Sectors

Neural Syllabus Node Grid

Ethics & Integrity

Ethics — Conceptual Foundations

Ethics — Meaning, Dimensions & Schools of Thought (Indian & Western)

Virtue Ethics — Aristotle, Indian Dharma Tradition

Consequentialism — Utilitarianism (Bentham & Mill)

Deontological Ethics — Kant's Categorical Imperative

Ethics in Public Life — Political & Administrative Ethics

Ethics in Economic Life — Business Ethics & Corporate Governance

Attitude & Values

Attitude — Components, Formation & Change

Moral & Political Attitude — Influence on Governance

Human Values — Fundamental vs Instrumental Values

Values in Civil Services — Integrity, Impartiality, Compassion

Democratic Values & Constitutional Morality

Role of Family, Society & Educational Institutions in Value Formation

Aptitude for Civil Services

Foundational Values — Integrity, Objectivity, Empathy, Tolerance

Emotional Intelligence — Components & Application in Governance

Motivation & Leadership — Civil Servant as Change Maker

Work Culture & Public Service Ethos

Ethics in Governance

Probity in Governance — Concept, RTI & Code of Conduct

Corruption — Causes, Impact & Anti-Corruption Mechanisms

Whistleblowers — Ethics, Legal Protection & Case Studies

Citizens Charter — Accountability & Service Delivery

Conflict of Interest in Public Office

Ethics in International Relations

Ethics in International Relations — Moral Realism & Humanitarian Intervention

Corporate Governance & CSR — Ethical Dimensions

Applied Ethics

Euthanasia — Active vs Passive, Legal Position in India

Abortion — Ethical Dimensions & MTP Act

Surrogacy — Ethics, ART Regulation

Capital Punishment — Retribution vs Rehabilitation

Animal Ethics — Animal Rights & Welfare Laws

Media Ethics — Fake News, Privacy & Responsible Journalism

Bioethics — Cloning, Gene Editing (CRISPR) & Human Enhancement

Environmental Ethics — Intergenerational Justice & Deep Ecology

Ethics & Sports — Match Fixing, Doping & Fair Play

Thinkers — Indian

Mahatma Gandhi — Philosophy, Non-violence & Sarvodaya

B.R. Ambedkar — Annihilation of Caste & Constitutional Vision

Swami Vivekananda — Service, Spirituality & Nationalism

Rabindranath Tagore — Humanism, Nationalism & Education

Raja Ram Mohan Roy — Social Reform & Rationalism

Sri Aurobindo — Integral Yoga & Political Philosophy

Aruna Roy — RTI Movement & People's Empowerment

T.N. Seshan — Electoral Reforms & Institutional Integrity

E. Sreedharan — Public Service, Infrastructure & Ethics

Thinkers — World

Plato & Aristotle — Political Philosophy & Virtue

John Locke & Thomas Hobbes — Social Contract Theory

Jean-Jacques Rousseau & Montesquieu — Political Liberty

Immanuel Kant — Duty Ethics & Universal Law

Jeremy Bentham & J.S. Mill — Utilitarianism

John Rawls — Theory of Justice & Veil of Ignorance

Karl Marx — Historical Materialism & Class Struggle

Adam Smith — Capitalism, Free Market & Invisible Hand

Carol Gilligan — Ethics of Care & Gender

Jean-Paul Sartre — Existentialism & Responsibility