{"id":50094,"date":"2019-07-17T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50094"},"modified":"2019-07-17T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:32:54","slug":"upsc-main-philosophy-paper-2-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-main-philosophy-paper-2-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Main Philosophy Paper 2- 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Section \u2018A\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Answer all the four parts below in not more than 150 words each:      15X4=60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) <\/strong>Compare and contrast Kautilya’s Saptanga Theory of the Sovereign State with Bodin’s theory of Sovereigntly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) <\/strong>In a Democracy does a citizen ever have the moral right to break a law ? Discuss citizens right to civil disobedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> The Term ‘multi-culturalism’ has been used in both a descriptive and a normative sense. Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d)<\/strong> Can capital punishment be justisfied ? Answer with reference to the theories of punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Answer all the three parts below in about 200 words each:      20×3=60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a)<\/strong> Can citizens have rights without duties? Discuss with examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)<\/strong> Discuss Kants\u2019s distinction between duties of perfect and imperfect obligation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> Can the conception of \u2018rights\u2019 of citizens be sustained in a society characterized by caste discrimination? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Answer all the three parts below in about 200 words each:  20×3=60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a)<\/strong> What are the basic differences between Marxism and Socialism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)<\/strong> Can it be said that Socialism is a weaker version of Marxism? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> Is Democratic Socialism a contradiction in terms? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Answer all the three parts below in about 200 words each: 20×3=60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a)<\/strong> The Fundamental idea of the conception of justice is fairness. Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)<\/strong> Can issue relating to gender discrimination be me by the conception of justice as fairness? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> Which principle of justice can, in your view, be most helpful in addressing the issues related to caste discrimination and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section \u2018B\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.  Answer each of the following in not more than 150 words:   15×4=60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a)<\/strong> Discuss the sailent features of traditional orthodox religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)<\/strong> Examine the view that the foundation of morality is possible only in a religious framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> Why is a proof for the existence of God necessary for the growth of a religion? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d)<\/strong> \u201cReligion is not just false, it is harmful.\u201d Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Answer each of the following in about 200 words : 20×3=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> Is William james right in holding that religious disputes are like conflicts in aesthetic appreciation ? Discuss.

(b)<\/strong> Are religious doctrines and debates verifiable ? Discuss.

(c)<\/strong> Examine the view that, religious doctrines are not ‘quasi-scientific’ doctrins. but represent a form of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Answer each of the following in about 200 words : 20×3=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> Explain the notion of truth as “Ekam Sat Viprah Bahudha Vadanti” (Truth is one, the learned interpret it differently.)

(b)<\/strong> Does the notion of absolute truth give rise to intolerance and religious conflicts about truth be resolved ? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)<\/strong> How can religios conflicts about truth be resolved ? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Answer each of the following in about 200 words : 20×3=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> Is a belief in the immortality of the soul a necessary precondition for religion ? Discuss.

(b)<\/strong> Is a belief in rebirth and reincarnation possible without a belief in the immortality of the soul ? Discuss.

(c)<\/strong> Can Buddhism, because of its doctrine of ‘anatta’, be regarded as a religion or not ? Discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section \u2018A\u2019 1. Answer all the four parts below in not more than 150 words each:      15X4=60 (a) Compare and contrast Kautilya’s Saptanga Theory of the Sovereign State with Bodin’s theory of Sovereigntly. (b) In a Democracy does a citizen ever have the moral right to break a law ? Discuss citizens right to civil disobedience. (c) The… Continue reading UPSC Main Philosophy Paper 2- 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50094","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}