MAINS 2016 · GS IV · ETHICS

Our attitudes towards life, work, other people and society are generally shaped unconscio…

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GS Paper IV 10 marks 150 words Ethics
Question

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Our attitudes towards life, work, other people and society are generally shaped unconsciously by the family and the social surroundings in which we grow up. Some of these unconsciously acquired attitudes and values are often undesirable in the citizens of a modern democratic and egalitarian society.
(a) Discuss such undesirable values prevalent in Today's educated Indians
(b) How can such undesirable attitudes be changed and socioethical values considered necessary in public services be cultivated in the aspiring and serving civil servants? marks.

Syllabus link: GS IV – Attitude: Content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.

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