problem 1: Answer in around 500 words.

a) Bring out the notion of final good in Aristole. How is it related to virtue? Describe.

b) Ethical statements are social instruments. Describe after Stevenson.

problem 2: Answer in around 500 words.

a) How does an action attain the moral worth according to Kant? Describe.

b) Describe in detail Mill’s utilitarianism.

problem 3: Answer any two problems in around 250 words each.

a) Moral virtues are not possible without social practices in communities. Describe after MacIntyre.
b) Do animals have rights? Describe after Singer.
c) How are primafacie duties important according to Ross ?
d) Can ‘good’ be defined? Describe with special reference to Moore.

problem 4: prepare short notes on any five problems in around 100 words each.

a) Anscombe’s criticism of modern moral philosophy
b) Deontological theory
c) Values in nature according to Rolson
d) Searle’s solution of the is-ought controversy
e) Feminist ethics of Care
f) Ayer’s emotivism.