Introduction: Why Indian Ethics Matters Imagine you are in the UPSC interview and the chairperson asks you: ‘A colleague who is your friend is engaged in corruption. What do you do?’ You cite the Bhagavat Gita and say ‘Nishkama Karma means I act without attachment to personal loyalty.’ If you do not understand what that…
A Comprehensive Journey through 2,500 Years of Ethics Before We Begin Look, before we dive into Socrates and his merry band of philosophical troublemakers, let me ask you a very simple question. Why should you, sitting in this 21st century, preparing for the UPSC examination, care about a barefoot Greek man who was executed 2,400…
“Friends, imagine you are sitting in an examination hall and no invigilator is watching. Do you cheat? If you say NO — congratulations, Ethics is already working inside you. But now a philosophical voice asks: Are you NOT cheating because it is WRONG? Or are you not cheating because you fear being caught? Or —…
“Friends, before we start, let us pause. Ask yourself — why does a person return a lost wallet? Why does a soldier risk his life for strangers? Why does a corrupt officer sleep uneasily? These questions are not questions of law or economy — they are questions of Ethics. And Ethics, as we shall discover,…
