UPSC Ethics by VK IAS
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GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways from Gandhi's life for dealing with COVID-19 crisis
1) Swadeshi- Reducing dependence on global value chains
2)Swacchtha- Desire for neatness and cleanliness
3) Sarvodaya- Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together

Most importantly- Local governments should become stronger= Community engagement

In addition to these points= take away= Systems thinking of economic development
Important for Essay : COVID -19 Impact on

1) Society- Institution of family- How will it affect family bonds, Impact on Older generation- their mental health- parents are happy to spend time with their kids
Women's dimension- The silent pandemic- Domestic violence
3) On environment- Reports of clear skies and Himalayan mountains
4) On Technology- How Technology should serve human needs rather than the other way around
5)Ethics- Most important dimension that questioned all our belief systems and values- Your thoughts?
GS2- Poverty and Hunger
GS3- Poverty and unemployment
GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways- The idea of poverty- Very important for essay- Can be used in introductions of essays and articulating your opinions in interview
GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change

Q) What do you understand by behavioral change? How is it Important for COVID-19 crisis?

🎖Key takeaway=Term : Social vaccine
GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change
Q) What do you understand by behavioral change? How is it Important for COVID-19 crisis?

Note
: There is a chapter in prev economic survey on nudge theory and behavioral change- please have a look at it
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🔴Gs3- Economic development- idea of swarajya

Gs4- Ethics- Key takeaways from Gandhi's life for dealing with COVID-19 crisis
1) Swadeshi- Reducing dependence on global value chains
2)Swacchtha- Desire for neatness and cleanliness
3) Sarvodaya- Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together

Most importantly- Local governments should become stronger= Community engagement

In addition to these points= take away= Systems thinking of economic development

Adding to the above point- swarajya- what does it mean and what is its implication- How can we see a convergence of ideas of swarajya and social democracies in scandinavian countries?
Take away from the article :
1)Using Justice khanna as an Ethics casestudy- example of professional integrity and having a futuristic vision that stands by the values of democracy.

2) ADM jabalpur case details.
Take away from the article :
1)Using Justice khanna as an Ethics casestudy- example of professional integrity and having a futuristic vision that stands by the values of democracy.

2) ADM jabalpur case details.
GS2- Poverty and Hunger
GS3- Poverty and unemployment
GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways- The idea of poverty- Very important for essay- Can be used in introductions of essays and articulating your opinions in interview
GS3- Disaster Management

The East Punjab Agricultural
Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1949- Implications

GS4- Ethics- ENvironmental ethics- The ethos of environmental conservation must be mainstreamed- otherwise more such events will occur
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GS4- Ethics- This speech may have a political tone

Take away : The quotation at the end of the article- can be used for essay/Ethics
Gs-4 Ethics -Attitude

Power of an apology -George flyod case- Great example

What do you mean by a national apology?



If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred”~ Gandhi. (1929)
Gs3- conservation- Man- animal conflict

The first motivation behind this channel was to just maintain a repository for all the positive news for myself and that's how the first post on the channel was about Man- animal conflict.... This ghastly incident reminds me of the burial of nilgai when IT was ALIVE.....

Nilgai buried alive

A person I know casually responded that... "Hota hai yaar, ab hum kya kar sakte hai.. they had no choice as it was destroying their crops"

This is not a call for being an animal rights activist. It's just that If this doesn't affect you a bit... Or if you are reducing this news to just a "current affairs" material... - in the lexicon of civil services syllabus- you lack empathy (GS-4 : Ethics)🙏 . I would end this post here...

You all prepare for this exam, you must have prepared environment syllabus- you know what just happened. Just note down your own thoughts to know yourself better. I rest my case here. Sorry for the long post.

Pc : Satish acharya- Cartoonist
GS3- Agriculture- Cropping patterns- Restructuring our food systems for a healthy world- click here

Example of how food systems are linked with anthropogenic disruptions -Click here

Lab grown meat for protein- Click here

Governance measures to reduce food wastage and increasing food security - Click here and here and FAO food wastage stats

How land use is linked to food production- New set of ethics involved in the idea of sustainability - Click here
🔴GS3- Economic development - along with this article- you can take a lot of cues from this article- Click here - Gandhian thought for Indian economy and its relevance


I have summarized the idea of this article in the following blog article . Please follow this blog for more such articles.


Click here for the blog link Explained - Aasan Basha

Self Reliance is not isolation- spirit of Atma Nirbhar Bharat -the aspiration of being a vishwa guru

This topic has a high probability of being asked in essay, ethics or mains.
MUST READ
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GS4- EThics and values- Values of journalism

An optional read- you can read if you have time- On the george flyod issue- read only after all other articles are done
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#GS2 #IR
GS2- IR : US-china - India relations

Why is china turning aggressive?- Very imp article especially for PSIR optional

Prelims details about natuna islands?-
Click here

Note : Thucyides- theory- Useful even in international relations ethics- Please note
🔴GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change

🎖Key takeaway=Term : Social vaccine
-Click here and here

This can be an important article for interview candidates and other also for ethics case study- steps needed to contain the spread of covid in rural areas.
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🔴GS4- Ethics- Attitude-Empathy - How a crisis can be used to create a society that is empathetic to the needs of our fellow citizens-

Focus on the concept discussed- Kant's categorical imperative- many people quote this concept of ethics in a wrong context- read this article highlights to know the right context. MUST READ(atleast the highlights)
GS4- Ethics in Governance- Commitment example This can be a potential case study for innovative problem solving- The key takeaways from the article include :

1)Compulsory Institutional/ home quarantine- Slum dwellers
2) Seva sindhu portal
- Quarantine facillity for travellers
3) Quarantine Watch App- watchdog to ensure you dont break the rules
4)Mobile squads-Ease of access
5)2-layered hospitalization
6) Apthamitra
- Tele medicine initiative. - Here is a link to understand the potential of tele medicine - Click here

Important aspect of any problem solving is quick thinking and adaptability- Karnataka used the technology and combined these with quick efforts to reduce the burden in the initial stages- When we have to "live with the virus" this is the kind of guard needed. Sure there will be better solutions- but they are trying and kudos to the bureaucracy
Gs3- Science and Tech- Importance of epidemiological studies for action plans-
This can be an important article for interview candidates and other also for ethics case study- steps needed to contain the spread of covid in rural areas.