CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2018 · Q6(a)Ethics · Moral Thinkers · 10 marks · 150 words
English
What do each of the following quotations mean to you in the present context? “The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it has any evil in it; but whether it has more evil than good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.” — Abraham Lincoln
हिन्दी
वर्तमान संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक उद्धरण का आपके विचार से क्या अभिप्राय है? “किसी भी बात को स्वीकार करने या अस्वीकार करने का निर्धारण करने में सही नियम यह नहीं है कि उसमें कोई बुराई है या नहीं; बल्कि यह है कि उसमें अच्छाई से अधिक बुराई है। ऐसे बहुत कम विषय होते हैं जो पूरी तरह बुरे या अच्छे होते हैं। लगभग सभी विषय, विशेषकर सरकारी नीति से संबंधित, अच्छाई और बुराई दोनों के अविच्छेदनीय योग होते हैं; ताकि इन दोनों के बीच प्रधानता के बारे में हमारे सर्वोत्तम निर्णय की आवश्यकता हमेशा बनी रहती है।” — अब्राहम लिंकन
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2018 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Moral Thinkers
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and the world.
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