IGNOU BPYC-132
- Ethics ,
Latest Solved Assignment
(June 2024 - December 2024)

1. What is Moral Action, according to Immanuel Kant? What are the Philosophical views on Moral Action?
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a) What is Utilitarianism? Explain J.S. Mill’s Utilitarianism.
b) Critical Appraisal of Utilitarianism

2. Discuss

a) Critical Appraisal of Virtue Ethics
b) Ethical Non-Cognitivism
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Write a note on,
a) Natural Moral Law and Human Dignity
b) Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each.

a) Differentiate between categorical and hypothetical imperatives of Immanuel Kant. Give example of each.
b) “Suicide is morally wrong.” Give different kinds of arguments to prove this thesis.
a) Differentiate between Ethical Naturalism and Ethical Non-naturalism.
b) The Significance of RM Hare’s Prescriptivism in Moral Philosophy

4. Answer any four of the following four questions in about 150 words each.

a) What are Plato’s four cardinal virtues? Explain shortly.
b) Write a note on the Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative theory.
c) Distinguish Normative Relativism and Descriptive Relativism?
d) What are the main objections against moral relativism?
e) Write a note on the Socratic maxim ‘Virtue is Knowledge’.
f) Explain ethical principles of Buddhism.
g) Why we should be moral? Discuss

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each.

a) Consequentialism
b) Voluntary Action
c) Moral Realism
d) Nishkama Karma
e) Ethical Naturalism
f) Hedonism
g) Naturalistic Fallacy
h) Emotivism

1. What is gender violence? Write a short essay on the role of gender discrimination in gender violence. Give some solutions to overcome this.
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Do you agree that moral action involves freedom/autonomy? Discuss the role of free-will in the moral behavior.

2. Do you think that Moral Principles are universal in nature? Evaluate realist and relativist views on this subject matter.
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What is the idea of Natural moral law of Thomas Aquinas? What are the objections against his idea of natural moral law?

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 250 words each.

a) Do you agree that science can be helpful in the domain of morality? Give reason to support your answer.
b) “Suicide is morally wrong.” Give different kinds of arguments to prove this thesis.
c) What is the Anscombe’s idea of virtue? On what ground Anscombe criticized Mill and Kant?
d) What is naturalistic fallacy? Explain.

4. Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each.

a) Explain briefly the idea of hypothetical imperative with an example.
b) Compare between determinism and indeterminism on Free Will.
c) Explain Ethical Principles of Buddhist Moral Philosophy.
d) “Moral statement cannot be true or false.” Do you agree with this thesis? Give reason to support your answer.
a) Distinguish Normative Relativism and Descriptive Relativism.
e) What are the basic assumptions of Utilitarianism?
f) Why we should be moral? Discuss.
g) What are Plato’s four cardinal virtue? Explain briefly.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each.

a) Goodwill
b) Perplexed Conscience
c) Hedonism
d) Reflective morality
e) Nishkama Karma
f) Svadharma
g) Virtue of generous quality
h) Applied Ethics