Ethics Saga

Ethics is the most scoring and most interesting paper ever. If you understood the concept, it will be more easier and you will literally fall in love with the paper. This Paper will test your conceptual clarity, your personality, your consistency in philosophy and ethical values, and creativity. 

Resources 

✓ Sunyaias Mains books for ethics / PWONLYIAS Prahar ( Choose any one as your main source) 

✓ KM Pathi sir lectures on YouTube 

✓ Indian express ethics simplified 

✓ Dr.Mardy's metaphorical quotes website

✓ Shubam Ajemera telegram - Ethics toppers copy compilation 

Optional 

✓ Ethicraftias vale addition material 

✓ Mains accelerator compilation of CSE Topper telegram channel 

✓ Diagram for ethics compilation by PWONLYIAS 

1. Conceptual clarity 

* Getting a good hang of the difference between ethics vs values , ethics vs morals , ethics vs law etc... is conceptual clarity.

* Mains questions are also reflecting on this trend. 

* Understanding refuge ethics, war ethics, environmental ethics also requires conceptual clarity. 

2. Testing your personality 

 Ethics paper also tests your personality. If your answers are mechanical and has the same formula for all the 19 questions, then the examiner will know that you have mugged up, with little understanding. 

So, you need not dump content in ethics as the other GS Papers , but being true to your values and articulating it in a correct way is important. 

3. Consistency in philosophy and ethical values 

In 19 answers , you should try to maintain some level of consistency in values. In one question, you should not justify ethical egoism and in the other question you should not justify ethical altrusism. Do not give contrasting opinions on different values throughout the answers. 

4. Creativity 

You can add so much creativity in introductions and conclusions. You can introduce the answers with quotes, your understanding of the question, or the definition of the term. You cannot add flowcharts and diagrams also for value addition. 

With these thoughts in mind, attempt PYQ and refer to model answers. Go through toppers copies vigorously for ethics. Try to answer the question first and then look at the topper answer. This way you will get better understanding of that question and how to understand the topic in a nuanced way.