CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q8Ethics · Moral Thinkers · 10 marks · 150 words
English
“Max Weber said that it is not wise to apply to public administration the sort of moral and ethical norms we apply to matters of personal conscience. It is important to realise that the State bureaucracy might possess its own independent bureaucratic morality.” Critically analyse this statement.
हिन्दी
“मैक्स वैबर ने कहा था कि जिस प्रकार के नैतिक प्रतिमानों को हम व्यक्तिगत अंतरात्मा के मामलों पर लागू करते हैं, उस प्रकार के नैतिक प्रतिमानों को लोक प्रशासन पर लागू करना समझदारी नहीं है। इस बात को समझ लेना महत्त्वपूर्ण है कि हो सकता है कि राज्य के अधिकारीतंत्र के पास अपनी स्वयं की स्वतंत्र अधिकारीतंत्रीय नैतिकता हो।” इस कथन का समालोचनापूर्वक विश्लेषण कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Moral Thinkers
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and the world.
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