This document provides a list of potential topics and quotes that could be used for philosophical essay writing. It includes categories such as Gandhian quote based essays, psychological essay topics on values and attitudes, women/gender based essays, and essays on virtues and ethics. Additionally, it suggests topics related to science vs spirituality, education and value systems, technology and society, and culture. The document aims to offer a wide range of inspiration for philosophical essays on social, political, and ethical issues.

2. By Prof. Akshay D Kadam/9552268658

3. • Major Themes of Philosophical Essay Writing:
• Gandhian Quote Based Essays:
• Psychological Essay Topics:
 Values
 Attitude & Emotional Intelligence
 Women/Gender Based Essay
 Stereotype/Prejudice Based Essay
• Virtues, Ethics and Morality Based Essay Topics:
• Science Vs Mysticism/Spirituality/Morality/Ethics Based Essay:
• Education & Value System Based Essay:
• Technology & Value System Based Essay:
• Socio-Religious & Contemporary Social Issue Based Essay:
• Culture Based Essay:
• Miscellaneous Essay Topics:

4.  Gandhian Quote Based Essays:
 Words are sharper than the two-edged sword.
 Be the change you want to see in others
 With greater power comes greater responsibility.
 Man is Product of his thoughts; What he thinks he becomes.
 In the context of Gandhiji's views on the matter explore, on an
evolutionary scale, the terms 'Swadhinata'. 'Swaraj' and
'Dharmarajya'. Critically comment on their contemporary
relevance to Indian democracy.
 Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed.
 If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would
also change.
 We cannot get a rose through planting a noxious weed.
 Means are ends and Ends are means.

5.  We live in a world of “guided missiles and misguided men” and
misguided men are more dangerous for society than guided
missiles.
 Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an
indomitable will.
 Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to
change ourselves.
 There is more to life than increasing its speed.
 Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation
with good.
 Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control
the latter.
 The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has
to come from within.
 In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.

6. Psychological Essay Topics:
Value System based Essays:
 Life is a long journey between human being and being humane.
 Values are not what humanity is, but what humanity ought to be
Mindful manifesto is the catalyst to a tranquil self.
 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
 Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink
because of water that gets into them.
'Past' is a permanent dimension of human consciousness & values.
 Need of socio-Cultural temporal yardstick to asses Values.
 Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?
 “Values are like fingerprints. Nobodies are the same but you leave
them all over everything you do.”

7. Attitude & Emotional Intelligence:
 Courage to accept and dedication to improve are two keys to
success
 Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect
it?
 Is Bollywood changing Perception of Society towards women in
India?
 Attitude makes habit, habit makes character and character
makes a man.
 Independent thinking should be encouraged right from the
childhood.
 Discipline means success anarchy mean ruins.
 Is the Colonial mentality hindering India's success?
 Quick but steady wins the race

8. Attitude & Emotional Intelligence:
 All learning has an emotional base.
Maturity is not measured by Age; it is attitude build by
experience.
 Good Civil Servant is one with Civil Service Orientation.
 Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream.
 We are our choices.
 “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your
words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your
habits, Your habits become your Attitudes & values, Your attitudes
& values become your destiny.
 Our environment is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

9. Women/Gender Based Essay:
 Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure
of social inequality.
Fulfillment of 'new woman' in India is a myth.
 If development is not engendered, it is endangered
 Managing work and home - is the Indian working women getting
a fair deal?
 If women ruled the world.
 Whither Women's Emancipation.
 Empowerment alone cannot help women.
 Women is God's best creation
 Greater political power alone will not improve women’s plight.
 “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman;
you educate a generation.”

10. Stereotype/Prejudice Based Essay:
 Bollywood and objectification and commodification of women.
 I would be a man of Paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
 Blue Boy & Pink Girl categorisation; is root of all Gender
stereotypes.
 Its hard to Crack a prejudice than an atom.
 Baby doesn’t judge; doesn’t hate; She is not racist or prejudice.
Please don’t teach him to be.
 Opinion in absence of evidence is prejudice.
 Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the
future and renders the present inaccessible.
 Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can't
move.

11. Virtues, Character, Ethics and Morality Based Essay Topics:
 Wisdom Finds Truth
 Increasing Computerization would lead to the Creation of a
Dehumanized Society.
 Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life.
 Crisis faced in India - moral or economic.
 A good life(EUDAIMONIA) is one inspired by love and guided by
knowledge.
 A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both.
 Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
 Character of an institution is reflected in the leader.
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so
 Its not wisdom but authority that makes the Law.
 Justice means Fairness.
 We are what we repeatedly do.

12. • Virtues, Character, Ethics and Morality Based Essay Topics:
 Harmony should exist between Personal Ethics and Business
Ethics for a better work – life balance.
 For success of orgnisation; Ethical Infrastructure is as important
as ethical competence in orgnisation.
 Man cannot remake himself without suffering; for he is both the
Marble and the Sculptor.
 Relativism is the only practical moral philosophy for society in
age of globalization.
 There is no higher God than Truth.
 "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig
satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."

13. • Science Vs Mysticism/Spirituaity/Morality/Ethics Based Essay
 Science and Mysticism; Are they compatible?
 Spirituality and scientific temper
 The march of science and the erosion of human values
 Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
 In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth
the humble reasoning of a single individual.
 Science has made us God even before we are worthy of being
man.
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it
Search for Truth can only be a spiritual problem.

14. Education & Value System Based Essay:
Value-based science and education.
Modern Technological Education and Human values.
 Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make
a man more clever devil.
Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms.
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman;
you educate a generation.”
Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or
progress?
Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses.
What is real education?
Irrelevance of the classroom.

15. • Major Themes of Philosophical Essay Writing:
Technology & Value System Based Essay:
 Social media is inherently a selfish medium.
Rise of Artificial Intelligence: the threat of jobless future or better
job opportunities through reskilling and upskilling.
 Cyberspace and internet: Blessing or curse to the human
civilization in the long run.
Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality
How has satellite television brought about cultural change in the
Indian mindset.
 Mass media and cultural invasion
 Open your arms to change and technology; but don’t let your
values go.

16. • Major Themes of Philosophical Essay Writing:
Socio-Religious & Contemporary Social Issue Based Essay
 There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but
economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless.
Best for an individual is not necessarily best for the society
 Urbanization is a blessing in disguise.
 Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.
 We exist as part of society; society does not exist as part of us.
Preparedness of our society for India’s global leadership role.

17. • Major Themes of Philosophical Essay Writing:
Culture Based Essay
 As civilization advances culture declines.
 Globalisation and its impact on Indian Culture.
Culture is what we are, civilisation is what we have.
South Asian societies are woven not around the state, but
around their plural cultures and plural identities.
Is The Colonial Mentality Hindering India’s Success?
Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect
it?

18. Miscellaneous Essay Topics:
 We may brave human laws but can not resist natural laws
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it
Dreams which should not let India sleep.
Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.
‘Globalization’ vs. ‘Nationalism’
Nation identity and patriotism
Justice must reach the poor
The hand that rocks the cradle
The Paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The pursuit of excellence.
The implications of globalization for India

19. DIMENSIONS OF
ETHICS / ESSAY
ANSWER WRITING
BIOLOGICAL /
GENETICAL/
INSTINCTS
FAMILIAL / PARENTAL /
CHILD REARING
PRACTISES
PEER GROUPS
EDUCATIONAL -
SCHOOLING AND
TEXTBOOK
MEDIA PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC(TV AND
INTERNET) MEDIA
SOCIAL NETWORKING
ENTERTAINMENT AND
ADVERTISEMENT
INDUSTRY
THEORIES OF
ETHICS
INDIVIDUAL/
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ATTITUDES –
STEREOTYPES &
PREJUDICES
VALUES –
ORIENTAL
VS
OCCIDENTAL
PERSONALITY
– EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
RACE, AGE,
GENDER,
HORMONAL
 META/ANALYTICAL
ETHICS;
 DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS
 NORMATIVE ETHICS;
 APPLIED ETHICS
TECHNOLOGICAL
SOCIO–CULTURAL /
RELIGIOUS –
SOCIOLISATION
ENCULTURATION;
ACCULTURATION

20. DIMENSIONS OF
ETHICS / ESSAY
ANSWER WRITING
CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES –
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES;
DPSP; FUNDAMENTAL
DUTIES
POLITICAL
FACTORS
ECONOMIC -
SURVEY - BUDGET,
POLICIES
INTERNATIONAL
FACTORS -
GLOBALISATION
HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE
GEOGROPHICAL
FACTORS
ORGNISATIONAL
FACTORS –
BUISNESS ETHICS
ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS – CLIMATE
CHANGE
LEGAL FACTORS –
JUDICIAL
FACTORS; LAWS
ADMINISTRATIVE
FACTORS –
IMPLEMENTATION
ISSUES; RED TAPISM

21. “Dimensions
Of
Crime”

22. Multiple – Dimensions of Crime
 Social – Social disorganization, social competition and conflict,
defective social institutions;
 Biological – Insanity, Psychopathic Orientation; Women and
Child Trafficking
 Community – Communal Support for Rehabilitation and
Integration of Criminals. Community Policing.
 Religious – Cow Rakshas; Religious Riots.
 Family and Education– Value system to discourage Crime
 Media - Glorification Of Crime in Movies – Once Upon in Time
in Mumbai

23. Multiple – Dimensions of Crime
 Social Networking – Stalking; Child Porn; Mob-Lynching Case
 Psychological – Neurosis, Psychopathy and Emotional
Instability – Cold blooded Criminals.
 Group Psychology – Mobo-cracy and Mob Violence
 Caste Factors – Crimes against Particular Caste /Atrocities.
Caste Profiling of Crime.
 Technological – Online Crime Hacking, Ransom-ware Attacks
Etc
 Organisational – Role of CVC CBI Transparency Mechanism etc

24. Multiple – Dimensions of Crime
 Geographical – Crime rates across states; Types of crimes
statewise; reginal crime scenrios
 Economic – Poverty, Unemployment, Greed for Wealth, Crony
Capitalism. Inflation prone, Resource Scarce Economy.
 International – Globalisation and its Impact on Gender roles
 Historical –Thugee Suppression Act; Criminal tribes Act of
British.
 Justice- Retributive Justice; Failure of Reformative Justice;
Delayed Justice.
 Laws - Legal Loopholes; Outdated Laws – Homosexuality;
Sedition Law.

25. Multiple – Dimensions of Crime
 Administrative – Failure of Preventive justice; Lack of
Policemen(130/Lakh Population); Corruption in Police Force.
 Finance – Financial Crimes like Hawala, Bank Frauds, Share
Market Scams.
 Political –Criminalisation of Politics and Politicisation of Crime.

26. “Dimensions
Of
Disruptive Innovations”

27. Multiple – Dimensions of Disruptive Innovations
 Social Networking – Social Networking - Facebook; WhtsApp,
Instagram
 Biological – Stem Cell Research; 3 Parent Baby; Bio-Informatics;
CRISPAR
 Community – Customer Service Providers like Ola, Uber, Swiggy,
Zomato
 Education– Tele-Education Platforms - UnAcademy
 Media – Movie On Demand; Netflix; DTH

28. Multiple – Dimensions of Disruptive Innovations
 Technological – Artificial Intelligence; Autonomous Cars;
 Internet – Internet Of Things; Big Data Analytics
 Organisational – Pragati Platform; Online Delivery Of Services;
Bharat Net; eNaM.
 Defence – Autonomous Weapons; Cyber Warfare, UAV’s
 Communication – LiDar; Li-Fi; Virtual Reality
 Agriculture – GM Crops;

29.  Geographical – Sea Bed Exploration – Pollymettalic Nodules;
Hydraulic-Fracking Technology
 Economic – Bit-Coin and Block Chain Technology
 Historical –Wheel, Pottery, Printing Press; Steam Engine and
Industrial Revolution
 Legal - Tele-Law
 Political – Social Media Cells of Political Party.
Multiple – Dimensions of Disruptive Innovations

30. CONTENTS OF THE NOTES ARE REFERRED FROM:
• BOOK NAME: A TEXTBOOK ON ETHICS "Philosophy, Psychology and
Public Administration" FOR MAINS EXAMINATION OF UPSC/MPPSC &
OTHER TATE PSC'S
• AUTHOR NAME:
Mr. Akshay Kadam Educator, New Delhi
Ms. Madhulika Kadam(IRS IT) Asst. Comm. of Income Tax
• TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION: Indore Takshshila Publication &
Distribution Pvt. Ltd.
• THE PLACE OF PUBLICATION OF A BOOK: 3, Professers Colony, Yash
Arcade, Bhanwarkua Square, Indore (MP) – 452001.
www.takshshilapublication.com
• LINK: https://www.amazon.in/Ethics-Philosophy-Psychology-Public-
Administration/dp/B091J4MG22

31. By Prof. Akshay D Kadam