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You are a senior forest official who has recently been posted in a forest range which is also a tourist spot, famous amongst trekking enthusiasts and a pilgrimage center of local hill tribes. However, the trekking site is open only for males as the local tribal culture doesn’t permit the entry of women to the hill site housing their deity.

In a given scenario, a military team locates a terrorist cell preparing an attack expected to kill hundreds. They command a drone that can drop a bomb on the terrorists, preventing their attack. As the team readies the bomb, their cameras spy a little girl selling bread within the blast radius. Should they go through with their mission – killing the girl in order to prevent the deaths of many others?

In a democracy free media acts as the anti-corruption watchdog. Comment. (250 words)

International laws and treaties act as the sources of ethical guidance in contemporary international relations. Critically examine. (250 words)

What does the following quotation mean to you in the present context? (150 words)

Socrates’ model of the just state was that of a healthy organism, where all the parts function for the benefit of the whole, and the whole benefits the parts. Examine. (250 words)

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings”. Discuss the role played by Emotional intelligence in achieving it. (250 words)

Teaching morality to machines is challenging because humans can’t objectively convey morality in measurable metrics that make it easy for a computer to process. In this context discuss machine ethics and its moral implications. (250 words)

Values like empathy, efficiency, impartiality and incorruptibility are the bedrock of ethical standards in civil services. Comment. (250 words)

A young female IAS officer joins a government department and realizes rampant gender bias. The male staff neither want to take orders from senior women officers nor the women are alloted serious departmental projects. Suggest steps that can be taken by the young IAS officer to end such discrimation to make the work culture conducive for women.