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How to attempt the UPSC CSE Prelims paper?
Seniors who have a habit of clearing Prelims, stick to your strategies- you know what works for you the best! Rest of the folks- this is just one of the many ways that can work 🙂
The references made in the document are contextualised for VK IAS students- But you can feel free to use this document with your discretion - Note that these are just observation based suggestions and are not universally applicable for all - You should have known your strengths and weakness by now!
All the best for the exam!
- TEAM VK IAS
Seniors who have a habit of clearing Prelims, stick to your strategies- you know what works for you the best! Rest of the folks- this is just one of the many ways that can work 🙂
The references made in the document are contextualised for VK IAS students- But you can feel free to use this document with your discretion - Note that these are just observation based suggestions and are not universally applicable for all - You should have known your strengths and weakness by now!
All the best for the exam!
- TEAM VK IAS
Gs-4 : Ethics - integrity
What is integrity?
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What is integrity?
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✅Gs-4 : Emotional Intelligence- Anxiety
🅾️We escape what we fear🙂
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🅾️We escape what we fear🙂
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✅Gs-4 : Emotional Intelligence
🅾️What is Humility in Public Discourse?
🔰Ans : Humility in public discourse refers to the ability to engage in discussions and debates with a sense of respect, openness, and self-awareness. It emphasizes understanding and valuing the perspectives of others, acknowledging one's own limitations, and refraining from personal attacks or aggressive rhetoric.
🅾️First-Order and Second-Order Claims: First-order claims focus on the merits of actions and decisions.
Second-order claims evaluate individuals' character based on their views, often leading to personal attacks.
Dismissing first-order concerns and focusing on second-order claims creates a hypocritical and divisive environment.
🅾️Impact of Polarization: Personal attacks and hate speech prevent meaningful dialogue and create divisions.
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🅾️What is Humility in Public Discourse?
🔰Ans : Humility in public discourse refers to the ability to engage in discussions and debates with a sense of respect, openness, and self-awareness. It emphasizes understanding and valuing the perspectives of others, acknowledging one's own limitations, and refraining from personal attacks or aggressive rhetoric.
🅾️First-Order and Second-Order Claims: First-order claims focus on the merits of actions and decisions.
Second-order claims evaluate individuals' character based on their views, often leading to personal attacks.
Dismissing first-order concerns and focusing on second-order claims creates a hypocritical and divisive environment.
🅾️Impact of Polarization: Personal attacks and hate speech prevent meaningful dialogue and create divisions.
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Applied Ethics
🅾️ This article is about the intersection of trials, medical ethics, and the dynamics of power, focusing on the controversy surrounding clinical trials in India- Very nice article to know how to apply ethical framework. Must read.
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🅾️ This article is about the intersection of trials, medical ethics, and the dynamics of power, focusing on the controversy surrounding clinical trials in India- Very nice article to know how to apply ethical framework. Must read.
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Please read the above document carefully- This course is not meant to supply information alone- It is about using the information from the most basic resources like NCERTs and then learning how to use them in stage 1 followed by incremental shift towards learning the application of current affairs. There are no shortcut "Techniques" and simplistic " formulae" taught in this program- It requires the student to execute the tasks and then learn "how" to use the information for the exam.
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics - How Humility can shape organisational culture and team values.
🅾️Q) Why do we need humility?- Click here
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🅾️Q) Why do we need humility?- Click here
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Bio ethics- Biomedical research ethical principles
🅾️Resource Allocation and Funding, Avoiding Waste in Research, Addressing Health Disparities, Translational Research, Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Approaches
🔰Ethical biomedical research should prioritize the welfare of participants, efficient use of resources, equitable distribution of benefits, and the translation of scientific discoveries into real-world health improvements.
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🅾️Resource Allocation and Funding, Avoiding Waste in Research, Addressing Health Disparities, Translational Research, Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Approaches
🔰Ethical biomedical research should prioritize the welfare of participants, efficient use of resources, equitable distribution of benefits, and the translation of scientific discoveries into real-world health improvements.
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Neuroethics
🅾️Projects like Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the European Union’s “Human Brain Project” aim to explore and enhance brain-computer interfaces.This significantly impacted our knowledge of the human brain and various treatments of brain disorders
🅾️There are ethical concerns regarding the privacy and autonomy of individuals as neurotechnology can monitor and manipulate behavior.So International organizations like UNESCO and the OECD have recommended principles for the ethical development and use of neurotechnologies.
🅾️This article is about the importance of public awareness and policy development to protect neuro-rights and ensure the responsible use of neurotechnology advancements.
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🅾️Projects like Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the European Union’s “Human Brain Project” aim to explore and enhance brain-computer interfaces.This significantly impacted our knowledge of the human brain and various treatments of brain disorders
🅾️There are ethical concerns regarding the privacy and autonomy of individuals as neurotechnology can monitor and manipulate behavior.So International organizations like UNESCO and the OECD have recommended principles for the ethical development and use of neurotechnologies.
🅾️This article is about the importance of public awareness and policy development to protect neuro-rights and ensure the responsible use of neurotechnology advancements.
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✅Gs-2 : Education - Case laws to substantiate
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Example In the heart of Jharkhand, Ranjeet Sahu, fondly known as the “Energy Man,” pedals his electric bicycle across 30-35 kilometers to switch off streetlights and promote energy and water conservation.
🅾️Dedication: Sahu’s commitment to energy and water conservation, despite personal hardships , highlights his dedication to public service.
🅾️Integrity: His refusal to pay a bribe for a teaching job and his principled stand against corruption exemplify high ethical standards and personal integrity.
🅾️Responsibility combined with Perseverance: Despite ridicule and threats, Sahu’s steadfastness in pursuing his mission underscores the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.
🅾️Empathy: His actions reflect a deep empathy for his community and future generations, promoting sustainable living and resource conservation.
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🅾️Dedication: Sahu’s commitment to energy and water conservation, despite personal hardships , highlights his dedication to public service.
🅾️Integrity: His refusal to pay a bribe for a teaching job and his principled stand against corruption exemplify high ethical standards and personal integrity.
🅾️Responsibility combined with Perseverance: Despite ridicule and threats, Sahu’s steadfastness in pursuing his mission underscores the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.
🅾️Empathy: His actions reflect a deep empathy for his community and future generations, promoting sustainable living and resource conservation.
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#GS1-#Art_and_Culture #festivals
🔴GS1- Art and culture
🔴GS1- History
🅾️Also read -Gs1- Central Vista project
✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Values
➡️What is the vision, we should hold for India?- What are the values we need to embrace?-PM Modi's 'Panch Pran'- Click here ( One of them is getting rid of colonial mentality)
👆The present article is an example of the same.
✅Another example?- Navy seal redesigned - Click here
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🔴GS1- Art and culture
🔴GS1- History
🅾️Also read -Gs1- Central Vista project
✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Values
➡️What is the vision, we should hold for India?- What are the values we need to embrace?-PM Modi's 'Panch Pran'- Click here ( One of them is getting rid of colonial mentality)
👆The present article is an example of the same.
✅Another example?- Navy seal redesigned - Click here
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⚠️This is not just another news/issue for us, because You EXPERIENCED the gravity of the situation- Because this is our problem, we feel this pain. As aspiring bureaucrats, i urge you all to start empathising with every such problem.
When you become a bureaucrat in the future, people will look up to you with hope. REMEMBER these days ( Especially the ones writing mains)- Koi bhi desh perfect nahi hota hai, use perfect banaana padta hai.(a perfect country isn't born, it's built)
🔰The ones who couldn't clear prelims this year are asking their friends who cleared to go back to studies as UPSC waits for none. Dear candidates who are writing this mains, Please remember this gesture. I am not preaching anything today, all I am asking for is to REMEMBER this pain, this support , the empathy you continue to get. You can go back to studies, but REMEMBER that someone else was fighting for you.
To be contd- Part 2- Click here
When you become a bureaucrat in the future, people will look up to you with hope. REMEMBER these days ( Especially the ones writing mains)- Koi bhi desh perfect nahi hota hai, use perfect banaana padta hai.(a perfect country isn't born, it's built)
🔰The ones who couldn't clear prelims this year are asking their friends who cleared to go back to studies as UPSC waits for none. Dear candidates who are writing this mains, Please remember this gesture. I am not preaching anything today, all I am asking for is to REMEMBER this pain, this support , the empathy you continue to get. You can go back to studies, but REMEMBER that someone else was fighting for you.
To be contd- Part 2- Click here
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⚠️Part 1 of this personal appeal- Click here
🅾️The past few months have taken a toll on our psyche, hitting rock bottom. But let's CHANNELISE THIS ANGER and FRUSTRATION into something positive. Years later, you'll have to PAY BACK with EMPATHY and gratitude. You're INDEBTED to those who trusted you.
Remember this moment when you're tempted to turn a blind eye. You may make mistakes, but you'll have the chance to correct them. DON'T BECOME THE PERSON WHO WRONGED YOU - break the vicious cycle.
🅾️ Many years ago, I was just a guy with broken dreams and having lost all hope and felt disillusioned but today I have the opportunity of communicating what i want to say to atleast 1 lakh plus aspirants. I hope this message touches atleast 1 soul. YES, THERE Is pain but THERE IS HOPE TOO. Don't give up on our country, my friend! Let's build a better tomorrow, together.
Jai Hind
VK
🅾️The past few months have taken a toll on our psyche, hitting rock bottom. But let's CHANNELISE THIS ANGER and FRUSTRATION into something positive. Years later, you'll have to PAY BACK with EMPATHY and gratitude. You're INDEBTED to those who trusted you.
Remember this moment when you're tempted to turn a blind eye. You may make mistakes, but you'll have the chance to correct them. DON'T BECOME THE PERSON WHO WRONGED YOU - break the vicious cycle.
🅾️ Many years ago, I was just a guy with broken dreams and having lost all hope and felt disillusioned but today I have the opportunity of communicating what i want to say to atleast 1 lakh plus aspirants. I hope this message touches atleast 1 soul. YES, THERE Is pain but THERE IS HOPE TOO. Don't give up on our country, my friend! Let's build a better tomorrow, together.
Jai Hind
VK
✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Values
🅾️What are the ethics of hunger strikes?
⚜️1. Autonomy and Coercion: A significant ethical question is whether it is right to respect the autonomy of individuals on hunger strike or to intervene forcibly to save their lives. This includes the debate on force-feeding, which some view as a violation of personal autonomy.
⚜️2. Protesting against Injustice: Hunger strikes are often the last resort for individuals protesting against severe injustices. They raise ethical concerns about the state's responsibility to address the root causes of such protests rather than suppressing them.
⚜️3. Medical Ethics: The role of medical professionals in force-feeding or withholding treatment is a problem. The Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" conflicts with respecting the protester's autonomy.
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🅾️What are the ethics of hunger strikes?
⚜️1. Autonomy and Coercion: A significant ethical question is whether it is right to respect the autonomy of individuals on hunger strike or to intervene forcibly to save their lives. This includes the debate on force-feeding, which some view as a violation of personal autonomy.
⚜️2. Protesting against Injustice: Hunger strikes are often the last resort for individuals protesting against severe injustices. They raise ethical concerns about the state's responsibility to address the root causes of such protests rather than suppressing them.
⚜️3. Medical Ethics: The role of medical professionals in force-feeding or withholding treatment is a problem. The Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" conflicts with respecting the protester's autonomy.
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Gs-4 - Ethics /Essay .
The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis.
"When we accept what's happening right now, without fighting it, we can start to change. Our struggles can become chances to grow, and our fears can turn out to be not as scary as we thought. It's like we're free to move forward and see what's next."
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The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis.
"When we accept what's happening right now, without fighting it, we can start to change. Our struggles can become chances to grow, and our fears can turn out to be not as scary as we thought. It's like we're free to move forward and see what's next."
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✅Gs-4 - Ethics /Essay
Potential Essay Themes where you can use this
⚜️1. History - You can contrast Toynbee's cyclical view of history with linear or progressive interpretations. Debate the relevance of spiritual/religious factors in understanding historical change.
⚜️2. Civilizational Rise & Fall: why civilizations succeed or fail (challenges, leadership, etc.)-Connect this to contemporary concerns about the future of our civilization- whether Toynbee's model is still applicable in today's globalized world.
⚜️3. Role of Ideas & Culture: Discuss how ideas and cultural factors can be as influential as economic ones in driving historical change. Use Toynbee's "Withdrawal and Return" theory to illustrate the power of ideas to transform societies.
⚜️4. Individuals in History: Debate whether history is primarily driven by such individuals or by broader social and economic forces.
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Potential Essay Themes where you can use this
⚜️1. History - You can contrast Toynbee's cyclical view of history with linear or progressive interpretations. Debate the relevance of spiritual/religious factors in understanding historical change.
⚜️2. Civilizational Rise & Fall: why civilizations succeed or fail (challenges, leadership, etc.)-Connect this to contemporary concerns about the future of our civilization- whether Toynbee's model is still applicable in today's globalized world.
⚜️3. Role of Ideas & Culture: Discuss how ideas and cultural factors can be as influential as economic ones in driving historical change. Use Toynbee's "Withdrawal and Return" theory to illustrate the power of ideas to transform societies.
⚜️4. Individuals in History: Debate whether history is primarily driven by such individuals or by broader social and economic forces.
✅Join Ethics and Essay channel : https://www.tg-me.com/joinchat-mrcWyE8pY2UyMDll
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✅Gs-2 : IR- Military trends in Geopolitics
✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Ethical Use of AI in warfare- REAIM process
⚠️This is a very imp article - IE
🅾️India's stance:
👉🏻Engaged in civilian AI development & safety
👉🏻"Watch-and-wait" mode on military AI, yet to fully engage
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Ethical Use of AI in warfare- REAIM process
⚠️This is a very imp article - IE
🅾️India's stance:
👉🏻Engaged in civilian AI development & safety
👉🏻"Watch-and-wait" mode on military AI, yet to fully engage
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
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✅Gs-4 - Ethics /Essay
🅾️Digital consumption and its regulation
🅾️The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis- Read this
🔰Ethical issues
⚜️1. Balancing Individual Autonomy vs. Public Health Concerns
⚜️2. Balancing Corporate Responsibility and Platform Transparency
⚜️3. Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation
⚜️4. Consumer Education
⚜️5. Influencer Marketing and Exploitation of Vulnerability
⚜️6. Innovation vs. Harm Prevention
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🅾️Digital consumption and its regulation
🅾️The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis- Read this
🔰Ethical issues
⚜️1. Balancing Individual Autonomy vs. Public Health Concerns
⚜️2. Balancing Corporate Responsibility and Platform Transparency
⚜️3. Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation
⚜️4. Consumer Education
⚜️5. Influencer Marketing and Exploitation of Vulnerability
⚜️6. Innovation vs. Harm Prevention
✅Join Ethics and Essay channel : https://www.tg-me.com/joinchat-mrcWyE8pY2UyMDll
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