Topic:Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
6) Human Behaviour Flows From three Sources: Desire, Emotion, And Knowledge. Comment.(250 words)
Why this question
The question is related to GS 4 syllabus under the following heading-
Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
Key demand of the question
The question wants us to deliberate on the determinants of behaviour of a person and specifically analyse the role and importance of Desire, emotion and knowledge on the behaviour of a person.
Directive word
Comment- We have to form our opinion on the issue and based on our opinion we have to provide necessary arguments/ facts etc in order to bring out the role of the three- desire, emotion and knowledge.
Structure of the answer
Introduction– Briefly discuss the human behaviour and mention some of the factors which determine our behaviour.
Body- Discuss in points and individually how Desire, Emotion and knowledge affects our behaviour.
Take the help of the articles attached with the question and also use other material to frame your answer. Also try to bring out a natural order of which factor is the most potent determinant of a man’s behaviour.
Conclusion- Form a fair, balanced and a concise opinion on the issue and mention a few points about how to bring desired change in the behaviour of a person.
