GS4 · UPSC Mains

We live in a time when almost everything can be bought and sold. Over the past few years, markets and market values have come to govern our lives as never before. Today the logic of buying and selling no longer applies to material good alone but increasingly governs the whole of life. However, there is a wide spread realization that markets have become detached from morals and we need to somehow reconnect them. The use of markets to allocate social goods has also been a cause of concern. In this context, answer the following: 20 , , , (a) Is greed wholly a vice or a trait of character that has both positive and negative sides? Could you relate it to the utilitarian philosophy that emphasizes pursuit of self interest by individuals as the basis of economic well being? ? ? (b) Are there some things that money shouldn't buy? Illustrate with examples. ?

20 marks · 23 toppers answered this

GS4 · Contributions of moral thinkers & philosophers from India & the world

Topper	Rank	Source	Copy
Vikram Grewal	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Shubhank Mishra	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Anurag Dwivedi	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Nihal Randhawa	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Nikhil Agarwal	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Himadree Kaushik	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Punit Dwivedi	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Shivansh Awasthi	—	VisionIAS	p.35
Khushboo Gupta	—	VisionIAS	p.38
Nihal Randhwa	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Ravi Kumar	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Parikshit Khatana	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Amritpal Kaur	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Pari Bishnoi	—	VisionIAS	p.36
Kanishak Kataria	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Chahat Bajpai	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Vidyanshu Shekhar Jha	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Pawan Kumar Goel	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Deepak Kumar Dubey	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Sambhav Jain	—	VisionIAS	p.39
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.39
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.39
Kanishak Kataria	—	Vision	p.39