CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2020 · Q6(c)Ethics · Moral Thinkers · 10 marks · 150 words
English
What do each of the following quotations mean to you? “A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.” – Socrates
हिन्दी
निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक उद्धरण का आपके विचार से क्या अभिप्राय है? “नैतिकता की एक व्यवस्था जो कि सापेक्ष भावनात्मक मूल्यों पर आधारित है केवल एक भ्रांति है, एक अत्यंत अशिष्ट अवधारणा जिसमें कुछ भी युक्तिसंगत नहीं है और न ही सत्य।” – सुकरात
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2020 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Moral Thinkers
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and the world.
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