QUESTION 4(b)
GS4
10 marks
In case of crisis of conscience does emotional intelligence help to overcome the same without compromising the ethical or moral stand that you are likely to follow? Critically examine.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Critically examine whether emotional intelligence helps resolve a crisis of conscience without giving up one's ethical stand.
Critically examineWeigh the strengths and the weaknesses, then give a balanced verdict.
Demand-wise check
- 1Crisis of conscience: conflict between personal values and duty or pressure≈30 words
- 2How EI helps: self-awareness to identify the conflict, self-regulation to avoid impulsive reaction, empathy to understand others, social skills to negotiate≈30 words
- 3Limits: EI cannot decide what is right; it can be used to rationalise compromise≈30 words
- 4Conclusion: EI plus a firm value base≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Define bothHow EI helpsLimitsBalanced conclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only praising EI
- No example of a crisis of conscience
Draw this
- Table: EI component → role in crisis
Value addition
- ThinkerGoleman's five components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.Daniel Goleman, 1995
- ExampleWhistleblowers like Satyendra Dubey (NHAI, 2003) show the courage needed when EI and conscience meet pressure.Public record
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
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