Topic: Human values: Lessons from the teaching and lives of great leaders, administrators, and reformers.
7. “Honesty and happiness are always corelated to each other”. Discuss using suitable examples (10M)
Difficulty level: Easy
Why the question?
Essence of ethics; falling level of honesty in the society; rising unhappiness in the society
Structure of the answer
Introduction
Define honesty in a brief manner in the introduction.
Body
- In questions like these one has to focus on the multiple dimensions in the demand of the question. Ex: Happiness and honesty might be corelated in some instances; happiness and honesty might not be corelated in some instances; happiness and honesty might be corelated if not in the short-term but in the long-term.
- Give adequate examples for the above dimensions. You can draw inferences from the teachings and lives of leaders and philosophers like Gandhi ji, Buddha etc.
Conclusion
Conclude as to how we can develop and stick to honesty even if it means unhappiness in the short-term or how we can find a balance between the two.
