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You reside in a village notorious for instances of honor killing. You have known some of you schoolmates being the victims. In this scenario, one of your friends comes to you seeking help. This time the case is reverse. The father of the boy had threatened to commit suicide if he marries a girl from a supposedly lower caste. His mother too is bedridden after knowing this. Their disagreement to for the marriage is solely based on the girl being from a Lower caste. The parents are also under tremendous pressure from society. The boy is now under tremendous pressure from the other people from the society, as he will be considered the reason of his parents’ death if he chooses to stick with his decision of marrying that girl. He also has two school-going younger siblings. You personally have always believed that the caste discrimination must go and have always fought against it. You otherwise share a cordial relationship with the boy and also with his parents. Analyse the situation with ethical angles involved in it. 10 marks

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In the introduction start by briefing the case and introduce the issue and ethical angles involved.
In the body list down the facts in the case and the associated challenges like – honor killing, schoolmates being victim, family pressure, caste system etc. Discuss the possible steps that you would take.
Conclude with a fair and balanced solution to the given situation.

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2 responses to “You reside in a village notorious for instances of honor killing. You have known some of you schoolmates being the victims. In this scenario, one of your friends comes to you seeking help. This time the case is reverse. The father of the boy had threatened to commit suicide if he marries a girl from a supposedly lower caste. His mother too is bedridden after knowing this. Their disagreement to for the marriage is solely based on the girl being from a Lower caste. The parents are also under tremendous pressure from society. The boy is now under tremendous pressure from the other people from the society, as he will be considered the reason of his parents’ death if he chooses to stick with his decision of marrying that girl. He also has two school-going younger siblings. You personally have always believed that the caste discrimination must go and have always fought against it. You otherwise share a cordial relationship with the boy and also with his parents. Analyse the situation with ethical angles involved in it. 10 marks”

September 24, 2020

Samiksha Tiwari

tiwarisamiksha6@gmail.com
1. October 4, 2020
  
  Parth Verma
  
  Hi Samiksha
  Good introduction.
  You have explained the stakeholders involved in a good manner but in ethical issues write issues like empathy and compassion for weaker section, peace and harmony in society, lack of tolerance, injustice meted out to youths who marry different caste partner etc.
  In the course of action, also write about behavioural changes like you can write that you would request to create awareness among the villagers against caste discrimination and ills against the inter-caste marriages etc. by being an active part of it.
  Work on different aspects.
  Improve presentation to fetch better marks.
  Keep writing !