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Assignment for TEE June 2024 and TEE December 2024
BAG Philosophy Second Semester
BPYC-132 Ethics
Note:
1. Give Answer of all five questions.
2. All five questions carry equal marks
3. Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.
4. If any question has more than one part, please attempt all parts. Each part has
separate marks.
1. What is Moral Action, according to Immanuel Kant? What are the Philosophical views on
Moral Action? 20
Or
a) What is Utilitarianism? Explain J.S. Mill’s Utilitarianism. 10+10= 20
b) Critical Appraisal of Utilitarianism
2. Discuss
a) Critical Appraisal of Virtue Ethics
b) Ethical Non-Cognitivism
Or
Write a note on, 10+10= 20
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. 2*10= 20
a) Differentiate between categorical and hypothetical imperatives of Immanuel Kant.
Give example of each. 10
b) “Suicide is morally wrong.” Give different kinds of arguments to prove this
thesis. 10
a) Differentiate between Ethical Naturalism and Ethical Non-naturalism. 10
b) The Significance of RM Hare’s Prescriptivism in Moral Philosophy 10
2
4. Answer any four of the following four questions in about 150 words each.4*5= 20
a) What are Plato’s four cardinal virtues? Explain shortly. 5
b) Write a note on the Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative theory. 5
c) Distinguish Normative Relativism and Descriptive Relativism? 5
d) What are the main objections against moral relativism? 5
e) Write a note on the Socratic maxim ‘Virtue is Knowledge’. 5
f) Explain ethical principles of Buddhism. 5
g) Why we should be moral? Discuss
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each. 5*4= 20
a) Consequentialism 4
b) Voluntary Action 4
c) Moral Realism 4
d) Nishkama Karma 4
e) Ethical Naturalism 4
f) Hedonism 4
g) Naturalistic Fallacy 4
h) Emotivism
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