BPYC-102 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BPYC-102 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
ETHICS
Structured previous year question paper for BPYC-102, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (MAJOR PHILOSOPHY)
(BAFPY)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BPYC-102 : ETHICS
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note:
(i) Answer all the five questions.
(ii) All questions carry equal marks.
(iii) Answers to question nos. 1 and 2
should be in about 400 words each.
Q1.Discuss Immanuel Kant’s ‘Deontological Ethics’. Present a critical appraisal of Deontological Ethics.
Q2.What is moral relativism ? What are the different types of moral relativism ? Explain.
Q3.What is Natural Moral Law ? Why is natural moral law universally valid ? Discuss.
Q4.What is ethical naturalism ? Discuss G. E. Moore’s criticism of the same.
Q5.Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each :
(a) Discuss the basic assumptions of Utilitarianism. 10
(b) What is virtue ? Explain the Socratics’ dictum, ‘Virtue is knowledge’. 10
(c) Present the arguments of Teleological theory on moral action. 10
(d) How did emotivism emerge as a meta- ethical theory ? Explain.
Q6.Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Discuss the role of reason in morality. 5
(b) Write a note on Buddhist views on moral action. 5
(c) Write a note on Plato’s cardinal virtues.
(d) Explain briefly the ethical teachings of Jain Philosophy. 5
(e) Describe the relation between natural moral law and human dignity. 5
(f) Write a note on Prescriptivism.
Q7.Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each :
(a) Open Question Argument 4
(b) Eudaimonia 4
(c) Christian vices 4
(d) Relation between religion and ethics 4
(e) Hinduism on moral action 4
(f) Ethical Non-Naturalism 4
(g) Intuitionism 4
(h) Error theory