Exam Details

Subject Ethics
Paper
Exam / Course M.A. PHILOSOPHY (MAPY)
Department School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the nature and scope of Ethics.
OR
What do you mean by Goodwill? Discuss the problem of freedom and responsibility in Kant's Philosophy.

2. What is Environmental Ethics? Discuss the modern construction of environmental ethics.
OR
Examine the ethical position of Buddhism.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 250 words each:

Explain the Nishkama Karma proposed by Bhagavad Gita.

Discuss John Rawls' theory of justice.

What are the seven norms proposed by Bentham for the measurement of pleasure?

Elucidate the salient features of Habermas's Discourse Ethics.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each

Briefly describe the dynamics of morality.

Write a note on Logical Positivism.

What is meant by the term 'Eudaimonia'

Explain Triratnas of Jainism.

What are the advantages of Bioethics

Make a brief note on 'Existentialist Ethics'.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:

Cultural Relativism

Realism

Virtue Ethics

Human Rights

Categorical Imperative

Moral Pluralism

International Ethics

Varnadharma


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Dalit Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Gandhian Philosophy
  • Indian Philosophy
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy Of Art (Aesthetics)
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Mind
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Philosophy Of Sri Aurobindo
  • Philosophy Of Technology
  • Research Methodology In Philosophy
  • Tribal Philosophy
  • Western Philosophy
  • World Religions