Question 4(c)Answer in 150 wordsEthicsGS1

"Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself"

Introduction

Humility uses to modest opinion at oneself due to awareness of one's own limitations without quality of feeling superior

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Main Body

The quote indicates the difficulty in inculcating the value of humility in our lives as we are constantly distracted by our selfish motive & desires in our lives.

It's natural for every individual to have pride over his good actions & be defensive about his wrongs only. But the danger lies when 'the ego' of the individual amplifies & takes the position of 'I am always correct' attitude for [illegible]. Indian spirituality is all about being as humble as possible. All the sadhana & practices are designed to make us be humble as they understood its most difficult virtue to be developed.

Also, it's not ethically wrong to think well of oneself but for we are the master of our own day to day. But it becomes a problem when the nation of well being is limited & being exclusive instead of being inclusive.

Contemporary Relevance:

1Personal level: Humility as a virtue helps us deal with the society in a frictional manner & also nurture learning at all sphere of life

2Familial level: Humility as a value in the family would counter the growing shadow pandemic of mental health issues & family breakdown

3Society & Nation level: India as a nation is known for its humility & its non-aggressive, adding credibility to its position.

"Vidya dada Vinayam" -

Therefore all learning of our life must lead to humility

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Good connection to Indian spiritual traditions
Clear explanation of the concept
Links to contemporary issues

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Sachin

Subject & Paper

EthicsGS1

Topic

Humility

Virtue and self-awareness

Difficulty in practicing humility

Writing Stats

250

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