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QUESTION 3(a)
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10 marks

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you understand by this statement? Explain your stand with illustrations from the modern context.

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What the examiner wants

Explain the exact proposition in the PYQ — “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you understand by this statement? Explain your stand with illustrations from the modern context.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Ethics Theory.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you understand’, directly answer: Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful≈35 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you understand’, directly answer: What do you understand by this statement?≈35 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you understand’, directly answer: Explain your stand with illustrations from the modern context≈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 ‘Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you’, avoid a generic note on Ethics Theory; answer the actual wording/directive and the Ethics Theory proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. What do you’, 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.

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