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When a Minister tells an IPS Officer to ‘Get Out’

When a Minister tells an IPS Officer to ‘Get Out’

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(UPSC Ethics Simplified is a special series under UPSC Essentials by The Indian Express. It examines news and syllabus themes from an ethical perspective, integrates real-life or hypothetical case studies, and revisits core concepts of ethics. The series aligns current affairs with fundamental ethical principles to promote an ethical understanding of life, helping aspirants develop clarity, application skills, and value-based understanding for GS-IV. In this article, ethicist Nanditesh Nilay examines the ethical dimensions of the relationship between a minister and a civil servant, drawing from the recent incident in which Haryana’s Energy Minister asked the Kaithal SP to “get up from the meeting if you have no power” during a district grievance redressal session, after a disagreement over the suspension of a junior officer.) ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Recently, an argument between a Haryana minister and an IPS officer became widely discussed on social media. For many aspirants, such incidents may appear extraordinary. In reality, however, moments of friction between ministers and bureaucrats are not uncommon in the life of a civil servant. The minister, Anil Vij, directed SP …

UPSC Ethics Simplified | Utilitarianism: Postscript to the concept

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In the previous two articles on Utilitarianism, we tried to understand the concept and its application through a case. Today, let’s take the discussion forward. We know most of the arguments of Bentham were supporting the view that general happiness is summum bonum. He asserted that utilitarianism can only give a criterion in morals and legislation. And the moral order, he claims, is based on the equilibrium of interests. But apart from this, there is another area to look into his principle of ideas. You may find it as an advanced step of his theory but as mature readers of UPSC Essentials of The Indian Express and as future bureaucrats that this country deserves, you must know it too. Relevance: The topic is a part of UPSC CSE General Studies Paper-IV Ethics syllabus. Concepts are particularly relevant in the theory section. Aspirants will also find the article useful for their Essay paper and situation-based questions in personality tests. Moreover, the article’s essence will help aspirants professionally and in life. The ‘Association Principle’ Bentham’s philosophy was not …