ETHICS BOOKS & STRATEGY FOR UPSC/ IAS EXAM PREPARATION
General Studies Paper IV of UPSC Mains Examination is known as Ethics, Integrity & aptitude. This subject is a very important and marks scoring subject for UPSC / IAS Examination. The subject is a bit different from all other GS Papers, so it needs your proper attention and hard work for it.
There 4 to 5 famous books which are recommended for GS Paper 4 (Ethics), but ideally it is not possible for every student to keep them all compiled in their mind and write answers to the related questions and case studies.
EDEN IAS, has Tirthankar Roychowdhary Sir, who is known as the best teacher for Ethics for UPSC in Delhi / India. He is very known among UPSC students for the way of his teaching and his compilation book.
These books are the best possible resources for Ethics (GS Paper IV).
1. Theoretical Framework for ETHICS by Tirthankar Roychowdhary.
2. 70 Thinkers and Thoughts.
3. Ethics Case Study Work Book by Tirthankar Roychowdhary Sir.
You can also check his Class & Test Series based course – Ethics Foundation Course.
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Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude Syllabus
General Studies (IV) comprises of two sections viz. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Theoretical Section) and Applied Ethics through Case Studies. A topic wise syllabus breakup of General Studies (IV) is provided hereunder:
• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics inhuman 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. • Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and nonpartisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
• Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
• 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.
• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
• Case Studies on above issues
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