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QUESTION 5(a)
GS4
10 marks

The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being and societal well-being? What can you do at the personal level to make yourself trustworthy?

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being and societal well-being? What can you do at the personal level to make yourself trustworthy?” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Ethics Theory.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being’, directly answer: The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit≈35 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being’, directly answer: What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being and societal well-being?≈35 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal well-being’, directly answer: What can you do at the personal level to make yourself trustworthy?≈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 ‘The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal w’, avoid a generic note on Ethics Theory; answer the actual wording/directive and the Ethics Theory proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘The current society is plagued with widespread trust-deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for personal w’, 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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