“Selflessness” is characterized by low levels of self-centeredness and a low degree of importance given to the self. Holders of public office should take decisions solely in terms of the public interest.
- They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their families or their friends.
- Selfish motivation often discourages public servants from taking initiative and helping others unless these activities are directly rewarded, which can be detrimental to their long-term performance, reputations, and careers.
- But many times a civil servants want to perform his duty selflessly but fail to do so due to external obstacles.
- The external obstacles can be political interference, non-cooperation from the seniors and colleagues, rigid institutional structure, etc.
People do not have much control over their external factors but he can maintain integrity and probity at the individual level and can take steps for the betterment of the organization rather than surrendering to the situation and working against one’s conscience.
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19 responses to “One of the foundational value of public service is ‘Selfless Service’. But life is not so black and white. There are grey areas that pushes to compromise with situation to survive. In this context critically analyze and illustrate whether a civil servant can serve ‘selflessly’. (15 Marks)”
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Avoid large paragraphs.
Good intro but break the intro into two paragraphs.
Your overall discussion is OK but give clear examples of the external pressure in real life and ways to deal with them.
The last two paras were the most required parts in the answer…but you could add somethings like service without any returns becomes a burden after sometime
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A very good intro.
After intro, give the reasons for the importance given to the selflessness in civil services.
Your answer though is good but requires more justification from you
Give clear examples of the external pressure in real life and ways to deal with them.
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A very good discussion.
The content in the main body is very good.
The coverage, in terms of presentation and structuring, is very good.
The way forwards is ideal.
All in all, a decent attempt
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kindly tell me how to find the demandnof q? in ethics
See all previous year papers. Make note of unique keywords asked like 7 sins, Weber, Rawls social justice theory, etc. Use these keywords in your answers.
Reading is not as important as answer writing is for Ethics. Know the best answer writing structure and technique for both section-A and case studies.
Develop examples from current, social issues, professional life, your areas of interest, etc. Examples from the core of answer writing in Ethics paper.
Draw diagrams in Ethics to be innovative and unique. This will give you an edge over others.
ETHICS paper is designed to evaluate the ‘ethical competence‘, but not the ‘knowledge about ethics‘. Initially one should acquaint oneself with terms mentioned in the syllabus. One should be able to express terms in the simplest words and minimal possible words.
To illustrate, Values mean preferences; ethics means guide about right or wrong; Transparency means the provision of access of government information to the public; Accountability means holding a person answerable to his/her acts; Attitude means a person’s own evaluation of another person, idea, situation, etc.
Relate the terms and values mentioned in the syllabus with one’s personal experiences. For example – if you are honest, try to recollect events from your life where you demonstrated honesty.
Elaborate a little about the meaning of selfless service.
What benefit it provides to civil servants.
Selfless service is not absolute it has got the whole spectrum. We know that even after recognition, salary, allowance it is not sufficient and he/she needs more than that and that is recognition and motivation for his/her work because his/her work is a thankless job like policing.
Also, write about why it is not possible to do absolute selfless service.
The overall direction of the answer is good.
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Good answer.
Your points are straight forward and crisp.
But do use subheadings even when writing in paragraphs.
Underline keywords in your answers.
The example quoted in the main body is apt.
Also, write about why it is not possible to do absolute selfless service.
The overall direction of the answer is good.
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Decent direction of the answer
A very good intro.
After intro, give the reasons for the importance given to the selflessness in civil services.
Your answer though is good but requires more justification from you
Give clear examples of the external pressure in real life and ways to deal with them.
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After intro, give the reasons for the importance given to the selflessness in civil services.
It is good that you discussed the factors affecting the selfless service.
Good 2nd part of the answer.
The content is good and explained in a very good language.
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Elaborate a little about the meaning of selfless service.
What benefit it provides to civil servants.
The main body of the answer is OK.
Give clear examples of the external pressure in real life and ways to deal with them.
Good presentation
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A very good discussion but to make it more effective, you have to justify your points in ethics answers through examples.
Give clear examples of the external pressure in real life and ways to deal with them.
The overall direction of the answer is very good.
Points are well explained.
The last paragraph of the answer is the apt conclusion.