Exam Details

Subject Ethics
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelors Degree Programme
Department School of Social Work (SOSW)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1.Write a detailed essay on the ethics of Augustine.
OR
Explain Bhagavad Gita's ethical teachings.

2. What is suicide? What are the arguments of Thomas Aquinas against suicide
OR
What is natural law? Why is natural law universally valid

3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each

Discuss the nature of Virtue Ethics.

Discuss the ethical teachings of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati and the Arya Samaj.

Make a distinction between determinism and indeterminism.

What is Violence? What are the suggestions to overcome violence

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

Briefly discuss the 'principle of mean' according to Aristotle.

What are the vows for a householder in Jainism?

What is 'Practical Vedanta' according to Swami Vivekananda

Explain conscience as subjective norm of morality.

Does every person have a right to life? Explain.

What are the five conditions under which a pregnancy can be terminated under MTP Act, 1971

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

Socratic ethics

Normative ethics of Thomas Aquinas

'Panca Sila' or five percepts of Buddhism

Moral Dilemma

Four Cardinal virtues according to Plato

Goodwill in Kantian Ethics

Palliative care

Stoic Ethics


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

  • Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy
  • Contemporary Western Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Indian Philosophy :Part I
  • Indian Philosophy-Ii
  • Logic: Classical And Symbolic
  • Metaphysics
  • Modern Western Philosophy
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Religions Of The World
  • Tribal And Dalit Philosophy