Ethical case analysis
Whole chapter · 18–27 focused hours
Ethical case analysis
First systematic GS IV study after ethical reasoning, values, attitudes, emotional intelligence and public-integrity foundations. Relevant corporate, international, digital and health principles are consulted where a selected case needs them.
Includes
- Selected decision-framework, fair-comparison and health/research readings
- A first varied set of nine mapped cases: 2023 GS IV items 16–18; 2024 items 14–15; 2025 items 14, 16–17 and 19 (database sort_order)
- Short alternatives, justified choices and implementation outlines, followed by revision after checking the readings
- One initial closed-book review of reasoning errors and unanswered factual questions
Separate time needed
- Full-length GS IV mocks
- Repeated revision cycles
- Specialist philosophy or psychology coursework
- Professional ethics certification
- Relearning the preceding Ethics chapters or shared Governance, Polity, Economy and Disaster Management assignments
- Complete answer-key production, exhaustive practice of every historical case, professional treatment protocols, operational security instructions and current legal opinions
Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data
Whole chapter reading
- A Framework for Ethical Decision Making ↗
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making: Identify the Ethical Issues and Get the Facts
- A Framework for Ethical Decision Making ↗
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making: Evaluate Alternative Actions; Choose an Option for Action and Test It
- A Framework for Ethical Decision Making ↗
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making: Choose an Option for Action and Test It; Implement Your Decision and Reflect on the Outcome
- International Code of Medical Ethics, 2022 revision ↗
Preamble; principles 1–6, 13–18, 22 and 25. Ethical principles for case analysis, with role, capacity and confidentiality boundaries.
- Handbook on National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research (2018) ↗
Sections 2.1–2.11, 3.1–3.6 and 5.1–5.5 with Tables 5–6, PDF pages 10–12 and 15–16. Ethical foundations from the 2018 handbook; excludes current statutory timelines, approval pathways and claims of regulatory completeness.
- Justice and Fairness ↗
Principles of Justice: compare equal work, relevant need and family favouritism. Exclude the historical criminal-justice statistics and any blanket claim that welfare overrides rights.
- Professional Ethics ↗
Potential conflicts between role morality and personal morality, PDF pp. 10–11: role-purpose reasoning and its limits; B. Case studies for role morality, case study 3 and its discussion questions, PDF p. 21. A comparative exercise, not Indian disclosure law or a model UPSC answer.
· Supplementary