BPYG-171 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BPYG-171 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
APPLIED ETHICS
Structured previous year question paper for BPYG-171, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 2
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL)
(PHILOSOPHY)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BPYG-171 : APPLIED ETHICS
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) Candidates are required to attempt any
five questions in total, such that at least
two questions are attempted from each
Section.
(ii) The word limit for each answer is
400 words.
(iii) All questions carry equal marks.
Section—I
Q1.What is Applied Ethics ? Discuss various approaches to understand the moral content.
Q2.Analyse the scope of bio-ethics. Discuss its nature.
Q3.Elaborate the significance of consent. Discuss the relationship between informed consent and understood consent.
Q4.Write notes on any two of the following in about
(a) Utilitarianism
(b) Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in medical ethics
(c) Business ethics
Section—II
Q5.Define Capital Punishment. Explain briefly the consequentialist and retributive theories of punishment.
Q6.What is abortion ? Write an essay on reproductive rights.
Q7.Write an essay on terrorism in the context of ethics. Elaborate on consequences of terrorism.
Q8.Write notes on any two of the following in about
(a) Internalism and externalism
(b) Is/ought gap
(c) Anthropocentric ethics