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Q.4) What does following quotation means to you in present context. “Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value” Bertrand Russell. (10 marks)

“Mentor’s Comments”

Introduction – write importance of morality for a society.

Body – briefly define civic morality and with example explain why civic morality is important for survival of society.

Then explain how personal morality compliment civic morality. And how without personal morality the survival of the society has no meaning. Use Indian context.

Conclusion – how morality ensure welfare of society and nation

 

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9 responses to “Q.4) What does following quotation means to you in present context. “Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value” Bertrand Russell. (10 marks)”

  1. subhashree mallick Avatar
    subhashree mallick

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    1. Swatantra Avatar
      Swatantra

      Shubhashree,

      You need to write more refined definitions. Write simple and crisp definition. Morality essentially refers to the beliefs and standards of an individual or a community about what is right and wrong or good and bad or acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.

      You couldn’t addressed the first section of the question properly. Civic morality doesn’t mean promotion of uniformity as indicated by your Definition.
      It refers to the sense of civic responsibility, standard of righteous behaviour, for the public good, and thus entails obedience to the rules, and honest and responsible behaviour.
      Without civic morality community perishes for ex Nazi Germany

      You have Written second Part better. But in this section you need building more over your Argument of personal morality being a nutrient whose deficiency can lead to many evils.
      To show how lack of individual morality makes existence of society meaningless. Highlight values like intolerance, discrimination etc. practiced by individuals having no individual Morality And their repercussions eg. Delhi riots, crime against vulnerable sections makes survival of society meaningless.

      In Indian context, civic values are enshrined in the DPSP of our Constitution and individual morality in Fundamental Rights. Use them to address this question better.

      Conclusion is fine.
      Keep Practicing 🙂

  2. Kartikey Singh Avatar
    Kartikey Singh

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    1. Swatantra Avatar
      Swatantra

      Kartikey,

      Your Introduction is good. Definition is simple and crisp.

      You have interpreted question really well and you have understood it clearly.
      First section is Written well but in Second Section you had depicted with your what individual’s with high moral standards can contribute positively in a society.
      But the demand of the question was to show how lack of individual morality makes existence of society meaningless. You can connect it with values like intolerance, discrimination etc. practiced by individuals And their repercussions eg. Delhi riots, crime against vulnerable sections makes survival of society meaningless.

      In Indian context, civic values are enshrined in the DPSP of our Constitution and individual morality in Fundamental Rights. You can use these two in your answer.

      You have a very good understanding of the concepts of paper 4. You’ll do good in Mains.

      Keep Practicing:)

  3. ankita thakur Avatar
    ankita thakur

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    1. Swatantra Avatar
      Swatantra

      Ankita ,

      You haven’t understood the question hence couldn’t justify the demand of the question.

      Civic morality doesn’t mean promotion of uniformity as indicated by your Definition.
      It refers to the sense of civic responsibility, standard of righteous behavior, for the public good, and thus entails obedience to the rules, and honest and responsible behavior
      Without civic morality community perishes for ex Nazi Germany

      In in second section you had to talk about the importance of individual morality with out which the survival of a Society has no meaning.
      For Ex. When individuals lack tolerance, compassion, principles of equality Society face riots, social evils like poverty, hunger, descremination, violence against vulnerable section etc. Existence of Society marred with such issues cannot be called meaningful.

      In Indian context, civic values are enshrined in the DPSP of our Constitution and individual morality in Fundamental Rights. You can use these two in your answer.

      You could have Written Better if you apply your own mind and write original answer.

      Keep Practicing.

  4. shivanshu pandey Avatar
    shivanshu pandey

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    1. Swatantra Avatar
      Swatantra

      Shivanshu ,

      You have three pages still you couldn’t addressed the demand of the question

      You have defined both types of moralities and shown connection between them but it’s not the demand of the question.

      In the first section of the question you had to write how Without civic morality community perishes for ex Nazi Germany.

      In second part you had to show how lack of individual morality makes existence of society meaningless. Highlight values like intolerance, discrimination etc. practiced by individuals having no individual Morality And their repercussions eg. Delhi riots, crime against vulnerable sections makes survival of society meaningless.

      civic values are enshrined in the DPSP of our Constitution and individual morality in Fundamental Rights. Use them to address this question better.

      Read question properly. And Keep Practicing 🙂
      2.5/10

  5. Deepali Rajan Avatar
    Deepali Rajan

    Kindly review @swatantra sir
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