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This university material is useful for GS Paper 4 as it explains the basic concepts related to ethics in lucid form. 

The material has been arranged in a logical and orderly sequence of chapters.

Index:

Part A: Introduction to Ethics

·         Nature and Scope of ethics

·         Importance and Challenges of Ethics

·         Ethics in the History of Indian Philosophy

·         Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy

Part B: Ethical Foundations

·         Human Values

·         Human virtues

·         Human Rights

·         Human Duties

Part C: Applied ethics

·         International Ethics

·         Bioethics

·         Environmental Ethics

·         Media Ethics

Part D: Cultural Ethical debates

·         Natural Moral Law

·         Deontology and Moral Responsibility

·         Discourse Ethics

·         Social Institutions