Mentor’s Comments-
- Introduce by giving definition of conscience.
- Highlight the role of conscience in making ethical decisions.
- Give examples of a few scenarios where a state’s action may be unethical and how conscience can help in ethical decision making.
- Conclude appropriately
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Karun
Good attempt, your understanding is good.
Intro is fine, however, conscience is more than just gut feeling, rather it is a ‘moral muscle’ can be mentioned. After that you can mention that in a democratic countries mostly conscience and rule-making/laws converge, but there are still some conflicts.
Next part about conflicts is good, examples from Indian civil services are good, however can be made more diverse– whistleblowing vs violation of official secrets act, example of Edward Snowden where state clamped down on his liberty, example from history such as some German soldiers refusing to execute Jews in times of Nazi Germany- all can be mentioned.
Role of conscience is also fine, at the end you can mention that however conscience does not guarantee right moral answers at all times. A person may fail to develop a correct conscience due to various reasons: ignorance, bad example from others, and enslavement to passions, arrogance etc. Need to develop a
conscience based on reason.
Conclusion is fine, keep practicing. 🙂
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Anoop
Good attempt, your answer is crisp and you have covered most points.
Introduction is fine, after that you can mention that in a democratic countries mostly conscience and rule-making/laws converge, but there are still some conflicts.
Examples from history are good, some more present day examples can be written- examples from civil services, whistleblowing vs violation of official secrets act, example of Edward Snowden where state clamped down on his liberty etc
Next two parts are fine, conclusion is good too.
Keep practicing. 🙂
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Aarti
Introduction is fine, but after that you have to give examples where conscience comes in conflict with the state.
You have just mentioned role of conscience.
You can mention that in a democratic countries mostly conscience and rule-making/laws converge, but there are still some conflicts. In conflicts, example from Indian civil services is fine, however can be made more diverse– whistleblowing vs violation of official secrets act, example of Edward Snowden where state clamped down on his liberty, example from history such as some German soldiers refusing to execute Jews in times of Nazi Germany- all can be mentioned.
At the end you can mention that however conscience does not guarantee right moral answers at all times. A person may fail to develop a correct conscience due to various reasons: ignorance, bad example from others, and enslavement to passions, arrogance etc. There is a need to develop a conscience based on reason.
Conclusion is fine, keep practicing. 🙂