Honesty: A Rare, Essential Virtue | Virtues Matter | UPSC GS IV Ethics 101
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- Why is honesty such a rarity while dishonesty is so common? Join us as we delve into the concept of honesty, inspired by the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes and his quest for an honest man.
This episode explores:
The meaning and importance of honesty
Behaviours incompatible with honesty
How professionals, particularly civil servants, can practice honesty as a virtue
The distinction between professional and intellectual honesty
Learn how commitment to truth, rules, and fair play forms the core of honesty and why intellectual honesty is crucial for effective governance. Perfect for academics, professionals, and anyone interested in ethics and integrity.
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00:09 - Introduction: On Honesty.
02:24 - Defining Honesty.
04:04 - Behaviours Incompatible With Honesty.
05:14 - Virtue of Honesty - Excellences Displayed By Honesty.
06:30 - Behaviours Exhibited By Honest People 1: Honest People Refrain From Lying.
07:05 - Behaviours Exhibited By Honest People 2: They Do Not Indulge In Frequent Lying.
07:48 - Behaviours Exhibited By Honest People 3: They Do Not Lie To Hurt Others.
08:05 - Behaviours Exhibited By Honest People 4: Dishonest People Do Not Experience Distress When Lying.
08:29 - How Honesty As A Virtue Is Relevant To Civil Servants.
08:45 - Ways to Exhibit Honesty: Being Truthful.
10:12 - Ways to Exhibit Honesty: Being Forthright.
10:27 - Ways to Exhibit Honesty: Respecting Public Property.
10:40 - Ways to Exhibit Honesty: Fidelity To Promises.
10:49 - Ways to Exhibit Honesty: Being Compliant To Rules.
11:08 - Defining Intellectual Honesty.
12:00 - Case Study - Example of Intellectual Honesty: Madhav Godbole, Former Union Home Secretary.
12:56 - Case Study - Example of Professional Honesty: Robert Garrow's case.
15:48 - Concluding Quote.
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Thanks for this session sir😊
According to me the lawyers were bound in professional integrities, which requires them to follow work ethics that is to defend their clients whatsoever.
When the culprit himself accepted all the crimes, both lawyers also came out & publicly confessed that they knew about the truth behind the case. From this we can conclude that lawyers were highly honest towards the profession so much so that intellectual honesty took back seat. But after fulfilling their duty they showed courage and choosed to speak up .
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Sure sir it will help me to improve😊🙏
circumstances in profession and low awareness about conscience may compromise intellectual honesty . And it's an example of that. However human is a complex product. It is a great lesson to learn. Thank you sir 🙏😊
Yes, professional context and the strength of conscience also plays a role. Thanks for watching ❤️
Lawyers action were ethically correct. Though morality is in question here, but as accused himself confessed in the court along with lawyers. This justifies telling truth at right time.
Hmm, ok. Thanks for the perspective. 👍
Thanks respected sir for providing valuable information please continue its humble request
I will continue. Thanks for watching 🙏
In case study : lawyer is right , he followed the professional ethics because there is no value of emotion to fulfil his/her duty.
True! ☺️
Thank you Sir for the initiative. The lawyers tried maintaining the confidentiality and professionalism only during the process of trial and certainly made it public when the case was disclose. I believe this cannot be professional honesty.
Hmm, thanks for the perspective. You mean to say that the lawyers had no need to disclose that they knew the details, as the accused had confessed. 🤔
Yes Sir. Thank you for your acknowledgement.
Informative lecture sir,
Applying the character quality of honesty, the lawyers concealment of truth is condemnable. They tried to find themselves in Diogenes's lamp but ended up in a soup
Thanks, that’s a nice play of words! 👍
Completed ✅ great video ❤
Thanks ❤️
In the case study , I think The lawyers may reveal the information of girls' murder case to the police as they were just representing Garrow on Campers murder case only .
Thus both their professional and intellectual honesy can be balanced ....
Hmm…thanks for the perspective 👍
Lawyer is professionally honest and is ethically justified. However, at the final stage the truth is revealed, so the lawyer's dilemma on intellectual honesty vs professional honesty is kept at bay.
Thanks for the perspective 🙏
Sir , actually im making notes out of your videos taking your videos as a guide , is it reliable for that particular topic ? For upsc gs 4 ?
These are concepts and they are good enough…
@@ethics101 so sir , it's my request that can u post the topics, syllabus wise or make a playlist syllabus wise, it will make things easy for students like us, and also sir in essence of ethics wt should I study ? Will u make videos on them too? If u do pls do it topic wise sir , I'm making notes acc to you, I've completed notes on syllabus decoded and answer writing tips sir , now relevance of ethics and definition too is done now I'm stuck up from where to start , like shud I start from essence and difference between ethics and other terms that is syllabus wise or shud I start with human values as u said ?
lawyers had maintained professional ethics instead of falling into emotions ... Bcz, lawyers never wanted to give a misleading information (i.e forthrightness) bcz, a person can be honest in court but that doesn't mean he's honest... And finally being impressed by lawyers bcz, they were rule compliant (by following their professional ethics as they believe in client confidentiality) ;)
Well argued , you used the rule compliance feature of honesty quite effectively. True the lawyers were complying with the professional code of conduct rules, therefore they didn’t do anything wrong. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Do keep watching and sharing your thoughts.
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It was a highly insightful video..thank you sir..
And regarding that question wrt to those lawyers' honesty,it was confusing for me to take a stand whether they were right or wrong in concealing all those information related to murder etc bcz they did uphold their professional honesty...but the question is was it possible for them to uphold intellectual honesty while maintaining professional honesty at the same time?
One of biggest dilemmas in any profession including civil services is making a choice between being honest to profession or to be honest to one’s own values.
Intellectual honesty is about taking a high moral ground and it requires a great amount of courage. The case I narrated had no easy way out, and I think that’s how ethical dilemmas pan out.
Must thank you for watching till the end and writing to me. ❤️
Thank you sir ❤❤
@@ethics101Sir i think in case of moral dilemmas like the one you have talked about in this video,the right way is to stick to high moral values because moral dilemma is definitely not a mere yes or no question.
And thank you for replying sir.
Waiting for more such wonderful content.
Very true taking the high moral ground is a good option, but taking high moral ground requires courage and the willingness to face unpleasant consequences. High moral ground comes at a price that is why individual’s with weak conscience tend to compromise in tough situations.
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Here lawyers gave priority to professional honesty while compromise the intellectual honesty simultaneously, here client garrow was the intellectually honest person ,
If lawyers would have discussed the matter with garrow to perform their action in honest manner then both of honesty professional and intellectual honesty could be uphold .garrow revealed the whole truth so afterwards there is no relevance to defending intellectual honesty in public .
lawyers could have transformed the conscience and character of garrow to reveal the whole truth. They could have stopped the chains of dishonesty and crime by performing the intellectual honesty..
Thanks for the perspective. You are the first person to look at things from Garrow’s POV.
Do keep sharing your thoughts
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Sir , I personally think lawyer is right according to professional ethics.But at the same time he might be wrong according to the kantian ethics. Here it is the clash between more than one ethical values.
Sir , please correct me if I am wrong.
Absolutely, professionally they did what the profession demanded but at times professional demands and personal values clash. This is where an individual’s character and courage is put to test.
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