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QUESTION PYQ 07
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10 marks

International aid is an accepted form of helping resource-challenged nations. Comment on ethics in contemporary international aid. Support your answer with suitable examples.

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What the examiner wants

For Ethics of International Aid, the core task is to comment the exact proposition ‘International aid is an accepted form of helping resource-challenged nations. Comment on ethics in contemporary international aid. Support your answer…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1International aid is an accepted form of helping resource-challenged nations. Comment on ethics in contemporary international aid. Support your answer with suitable examples≈55 words
  2. 2For Ethics of International Aid, identify the competing values, apply them to public conduct and use a concrete illustration rather than abstract moralising≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Interpret/define Ethics of International AidCore ethical principleCompeting value or limitPublic-service applicationConcrete examplePrincipled conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Ethics of International Aid instead of answering the question’s critical balance: ‘International aid is an accepted form of helping resource-challenged nations. Comment on ethics in…’
  • Missing the evidence burden: this PYQ explicitly asks for examples/cases, so generic assertions on Ethics of International Aid cannot carry the answer

Value addition

  • Ethics of International Aid: ethical balance triangle — principle → competing value → public-interest resolution
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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