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QUESTION 7
GS4
10 marks

The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this principle be implemented in public life?

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this principle be implemented in public life?” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Ethics Theory.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this principle be imp’, directly answer: The good of an individual is contained in the good of all≈35 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this principle be imp’, directly answer: What do you understand by this statement?≈35 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this principle be imp’, directly answer: How can this principle be implemented in public life?≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Ethics TheoryExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this princi’, avoid a generic note on Ethics Theory; answer the actual wording/directive and the Ethics Theory proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘The good of an individual is contained in the good of all. What do you understand by this statement? How can this princi’, do not add examples around Ethics Theory unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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